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Competitive Salary & Company Benefits | Leicester Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm (potential for flexibility on start/end times based on 7.5hrs/day) Are you looking to work for a rapidly growing UK Pharmaceutical company, who are passionate about improving patients’ lives across the world? Aspire Pharma is an asset-light pharmaceutical manufacturer. It licenses and develops niche pharmaceutical products that offer innovative formulations, value for money for payors, and reliable supply arrangements in markets which are often underserved. The business has a highly diversified portfolio of more than 250 products across a number of categories, including branded specialty products and unbranded niche generics in therapeutic areas such as urology, ophthalmology, CNS and dermatology. Do you want to be part of the journey? If so, here is your chance! The Role We are looking for a proactive and detail-driven Junior IP Manager / IP Officer to join our expanding Intellectual team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a meaningful role in supporting the Company's generics strategy across key international markets. You will contribute to identifying & assessing IP risks and opportunities, supporting successful & commercially viable generic launches. The role involves assisting with patent, trademark and related IP matters. Working closely and supporting cross-functional teams & external counsel, you will help ensure alignment between Business objectives and IP strategy while mitigating legal/litigation risks across key markets. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their in-house IP career within a dynamic pharmaceutical environment. What will you be doing? As a Junior IP Manager / IP Officer you will be responsible for a variety of tasks, including: • Support licensing and R&D projects through freedom-to-operate (FTO) assessments and patent landscape reviews., • Assessing IP risks to support launch planning, • Advising on trademark clearance and strategy., • Maintain and update internal IP tracking systems., • Monitor competitor filings, patent activities and regulatory developments and identify strategic opportunities, • Support licensing discussions, due diligence projects & portfolio expansion, • Coordinating with external counsel on oppositions, appeals and litigation strategy, • Working cross-functionally (Business, R&D, Regulatory, & Commercial teams) to align IP & business strategy. The Person Essential Qualifications & Skills • Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy or a related field., • 1–3 years of experience in an IP-focused role (in-house or private practice)., • Working knowledge of UK & EU patent & trademark processes., • Strong analytical & organizational skills with commercial ., • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment., • Confident communicator who can translate complex IP issues into practical advice. Excellent written and verbal communication skills., • Proactive and solution-oriented approach Desirable • Understanding of SPC, orphan designation, and regulatory exclusivities., • Interest in competitor intelligence and portfolio strategy. Why join us? As well as a fantastic, inclusive company culture, where employees are truly valued and a competitive salary, we also offer an ever-improving benefits scheme to support your physical and mental well-being which include: • Opportunity to work on diverse and impactful IP matters across multiple jurisdictions., • Generous Pension Scheme., • Life Assurance cover and Employee Assistance Program., • 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays., • Learning and Development opportunities., • Excellent opportunities for progression., • Fantastic Company events and celebrations throughout the year.

Vivid's client in the East Midlands is currently looking for an experienced Housing Officer for a minimum of 12 months with the option to be extended depending on experience.\n\n- Housing Officer\n\n- East Midlands\n\n- 12 months\n\n- £22 - 27 ph\n\n- Start ASAP\n\nAbout the Role:\n\n * Responsible for the management of internal and external communal areas\n\n * Work with appropriate partners and support agencies to assist in the resolution of ASB cases, including mediation where appropriate\n\n * Collect evidence of ASB, including witness and impact statements and liaise with legal adviser\n\n * Responsible for regular estate inspections and identify hazards, communal repairs and any service failures\n\n * Action any fire risk assessment recommendations\n\n * Provide tenancy advice and guidance\n\nIf you’re interested, please send your most up-to-date CV or call (phone number removed).\n\nIf this role isn’t for you but you know of someone who may be interested, please forward this advert onto them

My client is looking to recruit a Senior Planning Officer to join their team\n\nThey are looking for motivated individuals to work across development management, site monitoring, enforcement, and local plan preparation.\n\nDevelopment Management and Enforcement experience in a Minerals and Waste planning setting is preferred\n\nYou will need to visit sites and attend meetings. Preferable to have at least one day per week in office attendance, but will be flexible on this depending on candidate availability\n\nFull time 37 hour per week. Average 7.4 hours per day, generally between 08:00 – 18:00.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\n * Respond to planning consultations.\n\n * Monitor minerals and waste sites.\n\n * Manage planning databases and mapping systems.\n\n * Handle planning applications, enforcement matters, and legal agreements.\n\n * Prepare reports, provide advice, and represent the Council at external meetings.\n\n * Support the preparation and review of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan.\n\n * Assist with planning appeals and court proceedings.\n\n * Identify and implement service improvements.\n\nWhat they are looking For:\n\n* Eligibility for Chartered Membership of RTPI\n\n* Experience with complex planning matters\n\n* Ability to implement service improvements.\n\nAdditional Requirements:\n\n * Commitment to tackling climate change and promoting equal opportunities.\n\n * Valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.\n\n * Flexibility to work outside normal office hours and at various locations.\n\nWhy Join Them?\n\n * Opportunity to work on meaningful projects that impact the community.\n\n * Career progression with increasing responsibilities and independence.\n\n * Collaborative and supportive work environment

Begin your career in compliance and regulatory governance. Our client, a well-established and growing organisation, is seeking a motivated Compliance Officer Trainee to join their compliance and risk team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience in regulatory compliance, governance, and risk management while developing your skills in a professional and supportive environment. Key Responsibilities: • Assist with the implementation and monitoring of compliance policies and procedures, • Support internal audits and compliance reviews to ensure regulatory standards are met, • Maintain accurate compliance records, documentation, and reports, • Monitor regulatory developments and help update internal policies when required, • Assist with risk assessments and compliance monitoring activities, • A degree in Law, Business, Finance, or a related discipline (preferred but not essential), • Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills, • Good analytical and problem-solving abilities, • Clear written and verbal communica...

Job Title: HR Advisor Location: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 per annum Job Type: Part-time, Permanent Working Hours: 30 hours per week Closing date: noon, Tuesday 14 April 2026 About us Danaher & Walsh is a well-established civil engineering contractor with over 50 years of experience delivering complex infrastructure projects across the UK. Based in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, our team of 100+ people work across public realm, pipeline rehabilitation, highways and bridgeworks. We take real pride in how we look after our people, and this role is central to that. Please note the company does not offer sponsorship and therefore candidates must have the legal right to live and work in the UK to be considered. About the role: We're looking for an experienced and proactive HR Advisor to join our support team. This is a broad, hands-on HR role where you'll take ownership of the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to performance management, compliance and day-to-day people operations. This is a 30-hour, office-based role at our Mountsorrel head office. The hours can be arranged across five days, or as a set four-day week. What you'll be doing: Acting as the first point of contact for employee concerns and advising line managers towards resolving workplace issues. Keeping our HR policies current, legally compliant and consistently implemented across the business, working alongside our retained HR consultant and employment lawyers on legislative changes and employment matters. Be our inhouse specialist on all employment matters, including advising on best practice. Managing end-to-end recruitment across the business, including advertising, screening and supporting selection decisions. Drafting and issuing offer letters, employment contracts and managing all pre-employment checks and right-to-work documentation. Coordinating new starter inductions and ensuring every employee has what they need from day one. Maintaining accurate employee records including absence, holiday and family leave, using our Breathe HR system. Supporting our performance management and annual appraisal cycle including assisting with development plans. Agreeing and Reporting on monthly on HR KPIs and providing minute-taking support in disciplinary and grievance meetings. Ad hoc HR related projects. Managing driving licence checks for relevant employees. Coordinating occupational health referrals and bookings, liaising closely with our SHEQ department on occupational health matters. Arranging occasional hotel and travel bookings in support of operational and business needs. Providing general HR administration support across the business. Providing cover, including using Competency Cloud, for our Training Coordinator, with whom you will work closely, when on leave / absent.What we're looking for: You'll be CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent), with at least two years of experience in a similar generalist HR role. You'll be confident working independently, handling sensitive information with discretion in line with GDPR requirements and managing competing priorities without losing the detail. You'll be comfortable having honest conversations with managers and employees when processes aren't being followed, and confident enough to hold the line on policy when it matters. Strong communication skills are a must - you'll be working with everyone from site operatives to senior leadership, as well as external contacts including our retained HR consultant, employment lawyers, occupational health providers and other suppliers. We use Microsoft 365 tools across the business, so confidence with Word, Excel and Outlook is important. Familiarity with Breathe HR or a similar HR system would be an advantage.Why join us? This is a genuinely varied role in a friendly, down-to-earth team where your work makes a visible difference. You'll have real autonomy, a direct line to senior leadership, and the support of retained HR and legal specialists when you need it. You'll report to the Brand & Engagement Manager, who provides oversight, support and strategic direction, but the day-to-day operational delivery of HR across the business is yours to own. You won't be navigating complex employment matters alone, but you will be the only person whose sole responsibility is HR, so it is a great role to get your teeth into! Danaher & Walsh is an equal opportunities employer. Please click APPLY to submit your CV for this role. Candidates with experience of; HR Advisor, HR Generalist, HR Officer, HR Assistant, HR Coordinator, Human Resource Advisor may also be considered for this role

Complaints & Information Officer (Temporary) Pay: £14.83 per hour Working pattern: Hybrid (initially more office-based for training, then 2–3 days in office) Purpose: Manage complaints and information requests (FOI/EIR), ensuring compliance with legislation, delivering high-quality responses, and supporting service improvements through complaints insight. Key Responsibilities: • Handle and coordinate statutory and corporate complaints, ensuring correct procedures are followed, • Manage FOI and EIR requests in line with legal requirements, • Liaise with service areas to gather information and ensure timely, complete responses, • Draft clear, professional responses and support managers in complaint handling, • Provide advice to staff, Members, and the public on complaints and information requests, • Assess, challenge, and escalate cases where needed, • Maintain templates, guidance, and contribute to disclosure logs, • Build strong stakeholder relationships and promote a customer-focused approach, • Ensure information is handled securely and in line with data protection policies Requirements: • NVQ Level 3 or relevant experience in complaints, FOI, or customer information services, • Experience handling complaints and information requests, ideally in local government, • Knowledge of key legislation (FOI Act 2000, EIR 2004, Data Protection Act 2018, etc.), • Strong communication, organisation, and problem-solving skills, • Ability to work independently, manage workload, and remain calm under pressure

You will act as the Monitoring Officer, ensuring legal compliance and guiding senior officials. You must be a qualified legal professional with strong local government law knowledge.

A leading AI company in Greater London is seeking a Legal & Compliance Officer to manage legal matters.

As a Risk & Compliance Officer, you will support the firm in ensuring adherence to all relevant legal, regulatory, and professional standards. We are a well-established and forward-thinking law firm with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality legal services. Due to continued growth, we are

Qualified Solicitor, Barrister, or Legal Executive (or equivalent) or Legal Officer/Senior Paralegal with significant experience in Property Law. Venn Group’s specialist legal team are currently recruiting for a Locum Conveyancing Lawyer/Legal Officer to join a Local Authority in the West Midlands

My client, an international law firm, is actively recruiting for an experienced Risk & Compliance professional to join them on a permanent basis in their London office – working as their new Compliance Officer. As the successful Compliance Officer, you’ll be responsible for:. To be considered fo

We are now seeking to appoint a Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Legal) to lead the operational delivery of our Legal function and act as a senior leader within the Executive Team. You will oversee all aspects of legal service delivery, including casework support, litigation and judicial review manag

Compliance Officer – Business Acceptance. A leading UK headquartered international law firm is seeking a Compliance Officer to join their Business Acceptance team in London. This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional with experience in conflicts, AML, and client onboarding to j

As a legal officer you will be responsible for running our civil litigation caseload across the whole of England & Wales and for providing training to the wider team on civil litigation and updates in civil law and practice. This will be an exciting opportunity to work with the RCN legal team across

Our client, a well-established and reputable law firm in Somerset, is seeking a Legal Compliance Officer to join their team. This is a key position within the business, supporting the Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) and playing an integral role in maintaining and developing the firm’s

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity of audit and compliance processes, along with some Practice Management within a dynamic legal environment? A prestigious firm in Cambridgeshire is seeking a meticulous and proactive Legal Compliance Officer to uphold the highest stand

In conjunction with the Legal Team, engage with external legal counsels and solicitors for drafting and negotiations of facility and security documents, monitor the progress of the documentation activity and make sure timely completion of the documentation task. Ability to monitor entire legal docum

Job Title: Legal Compliance Officer (Mid-Level). We are seeking a detail-oriented and commercially astute Legal Compliance Officer to join our Compliance team. This role is suited to a legally qualified candidate (LLB, LPC, or Solicitor) with strong experience across UK regulatory frameworks and han

Prepare, issue, and manage rent possession proceedings in line with policy and legal requirements. Have experience in housing income recovery or a legal support role. Are confident working with legal documentation, court systems, and pre‑action protocols.

We are looking for a Legal & Compliance Officer to join our growing in‑house team, working at the intersection of AI, SaaS, data protection and emerging regulation. This is a broad, hands‑on role where you will take ownership of day‑to‑day legal matters, work closely with teams across the bu

A prominent law firm in London is seeking a Research & Information Officer to join its Knowledge Team. This role focuses on legal research, development of resources, and support for business development, suitable for experienced professionals or those transitioning back into the sector.

The successful candidate will lead the legal department, report to the Chief Executive, and must have prior experience as a Director or Management Officer, along with a background in the public sector. A leading public sector recruitment firm is seeking an Interim Director of Legal and MO to join a

This senior position involves providing strategic legal advice, ensuring governance, and leading a multi-disciplinary team. A government agency regulating legal practice in the UK is seeking a General Counsel, Risk & Compliance.

Compliance & Legal Officer (UK). Provide compliance and legal support to customer service and claims teams on day‑to‑day matters. Collaborate closely with the UK Country Manager on local legal & compliance matters, including to review & negotiate agreements.

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International Legal & Compliance Setup. Establish and oversee Legal & Compliance functions in UK, US and Canada. Proven experience in legal leadership roles, preferably within multinational organizations in the Robotics industry.

A recruitment agency is seeking a Locum Legal Business Support Officer for a 3-6 month hybrid role based in the North West. The successful candidate will join a team to manage documents, payments, and support legal functions. Responsibilities include sealing documents, filing, and supporting the leg

As our first Director of Legal & Governance and statutory Monitoring Officer, you will define how the Authority operates, make decisions and earns trust from day one. You will be a key member of the statutory leadership triangle alongside the Chief Executive and Section 73 Officer, ensuring legality

As our first Director of Legal & Governance and statutory Monitoring Officer, you will define how the Authority operates, make decisions and earn trust from day one. You will be a key member of the statutory leadership triangle alongside the Chief Executive and Section 73 Officer, ensuring legalit

We're looking for a Legal & Compliance Officer to own PCI DSS compliance end-to-end and continue building Evervault's compliance and risk function. If you're also a qualified lawyer who can support commercial legal work (contracts, privacy, regulatory), even better. Legal qualification (solicitor, b

As our first Director of Legal & Governance and statutory Monitoring Officer, you will define how the Authority operates, make decisions and earn trust from day one. You will be a key member of the statutory leadership triangle alongside the Chief Executive and Section 73 Officer, ensuring legality,

A leading legal technology firm is seeking a Chief Sales Officer to drive commercial growth and sales performance.

A financial services company is seeking a Mid-Level Legal Compliance Officer to join its Compliance team, focusing on legal advisory and compliance oversight. Responsibilities include drafting compliance documents, providing legal advice on consumer credit laws, and maintaining compliance records.

The Legal Services Directorate at Halton Borough Council is a dedicated team providing expert legal, corporate, and constitutional advice to protect the Council’s interests. Department: Legal and Democratic Services. You will be either a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx

The role involves shaping legal frameworks, advising on critical governance matters, and creating a high-performing team. The ideal candidate will be an experienced lawyer with a solid understanding of public law and governance, ready to navigate complex legal challenges and foster an adaptable work

We're looking for a Legal & Compliance Officer to own PCI DSS compliance end-to-end and continue building Evervault's compliance and risk function. Legal qualification (solicitor, barrister, or equivalent) is a bonus, not a requirement. If you're also a qualified lawyer who can support commercial le

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity of audit and compliance processes, along with some Practice Management within a dynamic legal environment? A prestigious firm in Cambridgeshire is seeking a meticulous and proactive Legal Compliance Officer to uphold the highest stand

A leading UK headquartered law firm is seeking a Compliance Officer to join their Business Acceptance team in Central London.

A prominent international law firm in London is seeking an experienced Compliance Officer to join their Business Acceptance team.

They are seeking an experiencedChief Legal Officer and Company Secretaryto lead the legal and governance function at a pivotal stage of their corporate development. In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of legal, compliance, and corporate governance, including Board secretarial dutie

Role: Case Reviewer (Legal Officer). An independent oversight office responsible for reviewing complaints concerning Service Police forces is seeking an experienced legal professional to undertake independent case reviews and provide legal support. Strong legal analytical skills and the ability to i

You will have experience providing services directly to the public, with a solid understanding of legal processes and/or litigation. Case Officer, 3 + years’ experience, £44,000 - £47,000 DOE, London/Hybrid. The appointed legal professional will be responsible for managing cases, including inves

An international energy company is seeking an experienced Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary to lead their legal and governance function in London.

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is seeking a Locum Legal Business Support Officer to assist its team in the North West. The ideal candidate will handle responsibilities like document sealing, payments, and support for the legal team.

A prominent recruitment firm is seeking a Director of Legal & Governance to shape how the Authority operates, making critical decisions and establishing governance processes.

A well-established law firm in South Yorkshire is looking for a Risk & Compliance Officer to maintain compliance with legal standards and regulations.