Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel- Salary circa £43,000

We have an exciting opportunity for a legal counsel to join the UK General Insurance (GI) personal lines team within Aviva's UK legal function. This role will be focussed on providing commercial legal advice and regulatory guidance to drive forward Aviva's new and existing GI personal lines portfolio and to support the UK growth agenda.

A bit about the job:

You will be joining a committed and collaborative team currently based primarily in Norwich, however the location for this role can be from any of our UK offices. This is a busy and strategically important team which delivers first class legal advice and manages diverse client relationships across the UK GI businesses.

Day to day you will draft, review and update customer journeys, products, and product literature for our UKGI personal lines products, predominantly home, motor and travel products across a range of channels including direct, and through partners, brokers, and aggregators. Aviva's own branded products you will be working with include Aviva, Quote Me Happy and General Accident, and you will work with other well-known brands for products sold through our partners and brokers, while supporting the simplification and reduction of products.

You will be responsible for providing clear, commercial legal advice to the UKGI businesses in relation to their products and distribution arrangements working closely with UKGI compliance, governance, and risk functions, and will work collaboratively and share best practice with other members of the wider UK GI legal team and other relevant teams within Aviva's legal function, while building strong relationships with the UK GI and Health businesses and with other key stakeholders within Aviva to assist in proactively monitoring and mitigating legal risks and reporting to the UKGI SLT where appropriate, and drafting advice notes and provide input into Board and Committee papers where required.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Solicitor, barrister, or legal executive, entitled to practice in the UK, or someone advanced in SQE studies.
• Knowledge and experience of GI products, FCA rules and Insurance distribution arrangements in a UK regulated market, data protection and consumer credit (preferred but not essential, (full training will be provided).
• Negotiating experience and ability to manage relationships with internal stakeholders, third parties and external advisers with the ability to influence stakeholders and provide clear, concise, and commercially focused legal advice.
• Ability to manage your own workload and lead transactions and deliver the best advice.
• Strong commercial and strategic mindset with ability to see the bigger picture and deliver in terms of the best customer outcome and customer principles.

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary circa £43,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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Location: Norwich, GB

Posted Date: 11/24/2024