Legal Counsel (in-house)

Vitality Group; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurance company in London is seeking a legal professional to provide high-quality legal services across various business units. The role involves contract drafting, support for the claims function, and collaboration with external counsel. The ideal candidate should have 2-3 years of PQE as a Solicitor or Barrister and possess strong communication skills. This is a full-time role with a hybrid working pattern.

Benefits

Bonus Schemes

Pension matching up to 12%

Health insurance with rewards

Life Assurance – four times annual salary

Qualifications

• Proven legal experience supporting various business functions.
• Strong ability to build trust with stakeholders.
• Familiarity with contract law and intellectual property.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal services across the organization.
• Draft and review contracts for multiple business units.
• Work closely with external counsel on legal matters.

Skills

Practising Solicitor or Barrister with 2 to 3 years’ PQE

Effective communication

Ability to work under tight deadlines

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister

Job description

About The Role

Team – Legal

Working Pattern – Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.

12 Month FTC with the potential to go permanent

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role

• Practising Solicitor or Barrister with 2 to 3 years’ PQE. Open to candidates in other Commonwealth jurisdictions
• Ability to be able to communicate effectively internally and externally at all levels
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines with loosely defined and changing internal briefs

What this role is all about

Varied role across multiple business units, supporting the Vitality business by providing high‑quality legal services, with a focus on supporting the sales and product distribution function of the business, working on the company’s intellectual property portfolio, providing contract support to the marketing and sponsorships team, providing general advice on a range of contracts and commercial matters, and assisting the claims team and with any litigation as necessary. The role involves building a function that generates trust and confidence within its stakeholders and providing support to the Legal Team. This position will be primarily UK‑focused, but with opportunity for the role to expand into Vitality’s global business and international markets.

Key Actions

• Reviewing and drafting a range of contracts, including insurance distribution agreements; IT and intellectual property agreements; marketing and sponsorship agreements; general third‑party supplier agreements
• Working closely with external counsel on the company’s intellectual property portfolio
• Where necessary, providing support to Vitality’s claims function in relation to health and life insurance matters, as well as supporting on any litigation which may arise
• Provide advice and support to all areas of the business including up to executive level and for the following business units: Sourcing (Procurement); Insurance Distribution; IT; Claims; Marketing and Sponsorships
• Undertake legal research as required
• Reviewing and drafting a range of documentation, including terms and conditions, product documentation and marketing materials
• Promoting and representing the Legal function across the organisation, ensuring strong working relationships between Legal and the whole of the Vitality business

What do you need to thrive?

• Ability to innovate and solve problems practicallyComfortable juggling multiple priorities at once
• Able to work individually
• Confidence to drive decisions for the business
• Able to integrate with a mixed cross‑departmental team

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% – We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award‑winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
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• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you the voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded “Top 10 Best Places To Work” in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!

Vitality is a multi‑award‑winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We’ve been a purpose and values‑driven business from day 1 - long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared‑value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.