长沙招聘

Position: Senior Legal Manager, Assurance Office (181427)

Closing Date: 30 November 2020

Join a unique British University in China.  The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China. This award winning campus offering a UK style education has grown to establish a student body of over 6,000 in just 12 years.

Job Outline:

This role is mainly responsible for research, knowledge exchange and IP commercialization (hereinafter referred to as “RKE”) related legal work at UNNC and its subsidiaries, and will also be contributing to other areas of legal work and legal risk management.

Qualifications

Essential

• A bachelor degree in LAW or has passed National Judicial Examination / National Legal Professional Qualification Exam.
• Minimum 5 years' work experience (in law firm or corporates) in intellectual properties, IP commercialization and other areas relating to research and knowledge exchange.
• Experience in presenting an organization on court.
• Experience in delivering legal training.
• Strong knowledge in RKE related Chinese laws and its applications, e.g. Intellectual property, data protection and information security related laws. And well understanding of the Chinese laws that are relevant to a University, such as labour law, company law, contract law.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills in Chinese and English, and both in written and verbal form.
• Ability to identify legal risks in large organizations.
• Able to maintain confidentiality about all legal matters.
• Proven skills of performing contract review, drafting contract or legal documents, providing legal advice, registering companies, managing legal disputes, and writing legal case report or annual report independently.
• Ability to manage numerous simultaneous tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to review RKE related policies and proposals.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Ability to remain calm and composed during times of uncertainty and stress.
• Proven skills to ensure legal documents are clear, concise, unambiguous, and conclusive, leaving no room for subsequent misinterpretation or exploitation.
• Well organized, and accurate in work.
• Able to work under high stress and save the company from legal difficulties
• Good presentation skills.
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Strong IT literacy, and the ability to rapidly learn to use other systems.

Desirable

• Master degree (or above) in Law or a foreign degree in law
• Previously a qualified lawyer.
• Higher education sector / overseas work experience in intellectual properties, IP commercialization and other areas relating to research and knowledge exchange.
• Experience in legal risk management.
• Demonstrable understanding of RKE related laws in UK and other foreign countries.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing legal advices mainly on research related matters, but shall also be dealing with other areas such as basic labour / contract related issues.
• Performing contract review.
• Drafting contract or legal documents.
• Contract negotiation.
• Managing legal related disputes.
• Writing legal case report independently.
• Handling lawsuits and representing UNNC on court.
• Identifying legal issues within the business and provides legal analyses and possible legal solutions.
• Providing recommendations for addressing critical legal and policy issues in order to ensure that the business’s legal and overall objectives are met.
• Daily administration of the Online Legal Advise Application system.
• Legal review of RKE related project proposals.
• Legal review of RKE related policies to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Translation of legal related documents.
• Company registration work for UNNC subsidiaries.
• IP registration related work.
• Support with other legal related work as required.
• Legal risk management analysis and implementation.
• Ensure professional and quality service standards are maintained and applied within own area of activity.  
• Design and deliver a series of legal training sessions/workshops.
• Development and implementation of legal compliance policies and procedures.
• Identify and review newly amended or adopted laws, regulations and standards of relevance and significance to the University, and to formulate appropriate actions accordingly.
• Studying lawsuits filed by an individual or other business and find appropriate methods to save and ensure minimum loss to the University.
• Documenting and keeping all the legal documents securely.
• Undertake other tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be required.
• Support on annual planning of legal services and organise work to meet the annual plan and deadlines.
• Analyse legal related data to develop case guidelines and FAQs.
• Regular reporting of legal risk issues to management.
• Annual reporting on legal work and provide recommendations.
• Network with colleagues in other higher education institutions, law firms, and other sectors to share best practice, facilitate future exchange of information and to introduce external resources.  
• Improve professional capability and expertise through work experience and/or professional qualification.
• Participate in training and staff development schemes as trainer or trainee as appropriate.

This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment.

宁波诺丁汉大学创建于2004年，是经中国教育部批准，由英国诺丁汉大学与浙江万里学院合作创办，在中国设立的***家引进世界一流大学优质教学资源、具有独立法人资格和独立校区的中外合作大学。根据泰晤士高等教育以及上海交通大学公布的权威排行榜，诺丁汉大学位列世界高校百强。

学校位于宁波市高教园区，占地面积887亩，建筑面积20万余平方米。目前在校生7800余人，教职员工800余人，来自于世界上70多个国家和地区。学校为员工提供国际化的工作环境，良好的薪资福利待遇和职业发展机会。

应聘须知

进行线上简历投递，所有信息和上传文件必须用英文填写，通过简历筛选者，将会由人力资源办公室以电话或电子邮件形式告知具体面试安排。