Senior Legal Administrator

ComReg Overview

We are the statutory body responsible for regulating electronic communications, postal and premium rate services in Ireland. We are a professional, multi-disciplinary organisation, operating in a dynamic telecommunications environment that is constantly evolving. Our Mission – at the heart of everything we do – is to facilitate the development of a competitive communications sector in Ireland that attracts investment, encourages innovation and empowers consumers to choose and use communications services with confidence.

The General Counsel Function 

ComReg wishes to recruit a Senior Legal Administrator on a full-time permanent basis to support the General Counsel team. This team provides expert, solution-focused legal advice on a range of regulatory, competition, and consumer issues within ComReg’s remit and is responsible for fulfilling the legal requirements of the Commission. The team forms part of ComReg’s broader legal team. The successful candidate will support the General Counsel team in administrative and organisational issues arising in the team’s functional area. The Senior Legal Administrator will work within a multi-disciplinary environment, which includes business analysts, industry experts, engineers, accountants, economists and other lawyers.

The Role and Responsibilities

This role is for a Senior Legal Administrator who has the skills and experience to manage and support legislative and governance processes, and administer procurement and budgetary systems.

Reporting to the Head of Legal in the General Counsel’s functional area the Senior Legal Administrator will support ComReg in complying with its statutory obligations and mandate, by means of the following:

• Managing and maintaining administrative records and schedules in relation to the statutory activities of the Commission
• Tracking legislative developments and acting as administrative coordinator in the promulgation of secondary legislation / managing associated internal communications
• Managing requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007 – 2018, and ensuring delivery in accordance with statutory obligations and time frames
• Managing procurement processes for the Legal Team, including issuing and tracking contracts issued to vendors
• Scheduling regular budgetary overview meetings and supporting internal stakeholders in maintaining oversight of legal spend
• Organising CPD talks and events for the Legal Team, maintaining appropriate records

Qualifications and Experience required 

Essential 

• 5+ years’ experience as a legal administrator or paralegal
• Proficiency in legal research tools, database and contract management
• Proven ability to deliver projects with all necessary administrative skills e.g. MS Teams, Word, Excel

Desirable 

• Experience in a regulatory/public sector environment or as part of an inhouse legal team
• Qualification as paralegal or relevant degree
• Experience of promulgation of legislation
• Experience of procurement processes

Additional Skills & Knowledge 

The knowledge and skills required include but are not limited to the following:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong project management and organisation skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and to deadlines/ability to achieve project milestones
• Ability to balance competing demands by prioritising / re-prioritising workload and projects as necessary

Core Competencies & Skills for the Role 

In addition to technical qualifications and experience, you will bring professional competencies and skills in the following core areas:

Planning & Organising: Establishes and monitors priorities, systematically differentiating between urgent, important and unimportant tasks. Plans and manages activities to consistently deliver results. Meets objectives within agreed predetermined time frames and deals with urgent operational situations expeditiously.

Technical Knowledge & Continuous Improvement: Possesses a command over the technical and professional skills for a particular discipline. Keeps an open mind. Demonstrates commitment to continuous improvement.

Teamwork: Promotes and enhances team performance through working collaboratively and in cooperation with others to achieve goals. Interacts in a manner that builds respect and fosters trust.

Ownership & Accountability: Applies professional ethical standards. Takes responsibility for work activities and personal actions. Follows through on commitments. Acknowledges mistakes and learns from them. Maintains effective interactions with outsourced service providers.

Our Package

We are offering an attractive package:

• Salary €44,875.23 – 66,478.70 * (Pay increases will be awarded annually subject to satisfactory performance)
• Dublin city centre location
• Blended working environment
• 28 days Annual Leave per year increases with service
• Fully paid Maternity, Paternity and Parent’s leave
• Income protection scheme
• Education assistance and Training Opportunities
• Professional membership fee paid
• Attractive pension scheme
• ComWell Wellbeing Programme
• Travel tax saver scheme, Access to Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to a members run sports and social club

*(entry will be at the minimum point and the rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy.)

Please Note (1)

We hope that our recruitment process supports applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We understand that having a diverse workforce contributes to making us stronger as an organisation. We are committed to positively supporting candidates with disabilities.

Please let us know if there are any reasonable accommodations we can make to enable you to take part in the process by creating the environment to give you the best opportunity to show your strengths and competencies. Rest assured that whatever information you disclose will only be used to enable us to provide the necessary support and will never have a bearing on the outcome of the process.

Please Note (2)

ComReg assesses all applicants fairly based on the requirements for the role. Due to the high volume of applications we receive for positions, we are unable to provide feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted for interview. If you are short-listed for interview, and are subsequently unsuccessful, you can request verbal feedback from your recruitment specialist.