Our client the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is seeking a Legal Advisor (HEO)
Division Overview
The CCPC's Legal Services provide a centralised support function to the organisation.
It comprises in-house teams of talented and motivated solicitors and barristers who have joined the organisation from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Legal Services work on a collaborative basis providing support to the Commission Members, the Directors and the Divisions.Successful candidates will have the opportunity to be directly involved in a range of the organisation's high-profile and interesting work as well as help shape a growing legal team.
The Legal Advisor will be primarily focused on providing legal advice to the Commission and its various Divisions on administrative, civil and criminal enforcement of consumer and product safety law (a separate legal team is responsible for competition law matters).
It is envisaged that the successful candidate will take an active role in all legal aspects of the CCPC's consumer law functions.
This is an exciting opportunity for a lawyer to be at the forefront of the consumer regulatory landscape in Ireland and to make a significant contribution to the delivery of legal services in a dynamic organisation with a wide range of enforcement and regulatory powers.
The Legal Advisor will also have opportunities to gain experience of other areas of law which impact the CCPC, including legislative development, EU Law, public procurement, digital, data protection and Freedom of Information law.
This position offers a fulfilling and responsible role in a busy and challenging environment dealing with interesting and varied legal issues.
We strongly promote and support the personal development of every one of our lawyers and on the job training and education are provided to help you grow your expertise and skills.
As a member of the legal team, the successful candidate will help to ensure that the CCPC receives high quality, user-friendly and practical legal advice and be passionate about achieving effective outcomes for consumers and businesses.
This entails working with specialist colleagues to be inventive and forward thinking in how we can best use our regulatory tools to meet our ambitions in our Strategy Statement The successful candidate will be fully supported by the experienced legal team around them and will have their own workload, working collaboratively with colleagues.
As a legal team we work collectively learning and sharing with each other so that as a team we can provide the best legal service to the CCPC.
In order to apply for this opportunity, candidates must submit the application form for this opportunity before the closing date for applications.