Job Description
About the Role
We have an excellent opportunity for a Construction Lawyer with a minimum of 1 year post-qualified experience to join us as a Contracts Manager.
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The Contracts Manager is responsible for reviewing appointment documents and negotiating amendments for Members of the Wren Insurance Association Limited. You will be joining a large team of solicitors and legal executives. Together you will assist Wren’s Members to be appointed on terms falling within their cover and handle any resulting negotiations.
Your Responsibilities
- Reviewing Members’ appointments and other related documentation and advising them of the coverage position
- Proposing amendments where necessary to those documents to bring them within cover
- Negotiating amendments with the Member’s client and/or the client’s advisers (if required)
- Participating in meetings with Members to explain coverage issues
- Delivery of presentations to Members on coverage issues
About You
Knowledge/Experience
- Non-contentious construction experience from a law firm or an in-house legal team
- Familiar with professional indemnity matters relating to construction professionals
Qualifications/Education
- Legally qualified with a minimum of 1-year PQE (UK or QLTT is desirable)
Competencies
- Attention to detail - committed to exactness and precision in task completion; thorough and consistent in following up at the detail level
- Negotiating and influencing – the ability to influence and persuade people at all levels and to negotiate to ensure the best outcome possible
- Problem solving – able to identify issues, obstacles, and opportunities and then develop and implement effective solutions
- Team player - enjoy working collaboratively with a team of lawyers, risk managers and underwriters
About Us
Tindall Riley manages three insurance businesses. The Britannia Group (Britannia P&I), a mutual club that provides protection and indemnity (‘P&I’) insurance and freight, demurrage and defence (‘FD&D’) cover to shipowners and charterers around the world. The Griffin Insurance Association Limited (Griffin), an insurance mutual that provides professional indemnity insurance to broking firms and MGAs around the world. The Wren Insurance Association Limited (Wren), an insurance mutual that provides professional indemnity insurance to architectural practices operating in the UK and overseas. Today, we employ over 300 people globally across 9 offices and have a shared commitment to providing exceptional insurance services for our Members worldwide.
We can offer you a competitive salary and a varied benefits package. We have a hybrid working policy, three days from the office and two days remotely. We are proud of our friendly workplace culture, where we offer ample opportunities to socialise and prioritise wellbeing.
We are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Tindall Riley.
To find out more visit our websites: tindallriley.co.uk, britanniapandi.com, griffin-insurance.co.uk, wrenmutual.co.uk