Legal Compliance Manager

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

We have a new opportunity for a Legal Compliance Manager to join our Legal & Governance on a fixed tern basis of 12 months. You will be an experienced compliance professional and a creative and pragmatic problem solver with the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders. You will be able to translate and simplify complex regulatory requirements into effective guidance and optimised processes.

About The Role

You’ll work closely with our Senior Legal Compliance Manager to help support the SLCM in developing, implementing, maintaining and managing a broad compliance framework across the organisation.

You’ll take the lead on key initiatives in the areas of Data Protection, Access and Benefit Sharing, National Security & Investment, Trusted Research and Anti-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption.

You’ll be project managing, collaborating across teams, spotting gaps, influencing decision-making, and helping drive a culture of continuous improvement.

What You'll Be Doing

• Project managing and implementing an Institute wide compliance initiative, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to support the design of innovative, pragmatic, risk-based solutions to minimise risk and enable the Institute’s strategy.
• Evaluating and assessing the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls and assurance mechanisms across all areas of the Institute to ensure compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
• Providing support and expert guidance to stakeholders at all levels of the Institute on compliance matters, providing guidance and training in line with risk and demand.
• Monitoring compliance, analysing trends and conducting root cause analysis for systemic compliance issues, and supporting relevant leadership on remedial actions.
• Promoting a culture of compliance and continuous improvement, supporting the development of optimised processes to enable Sanger science and meet ethical and legal requirements.
• Undertaking horizon scanning, conducting assessments and gap analysis for any upcoming regulatory changes, and working with teams to navigate any challenges presented by these changes to minimise the impact to the Sanger’s strategy as far as possible.
• Deputising for SLCM where required at forums, meetings and in other circumstances where the SLCM is unavailable.
• Proactively contributing to wider Legal & Governance and organisation activities that contribute to GRL’s mission and strategic objectives.

Essential Skills

• Qualified to degree level (or equivalent).
• Significant knowledge and experience of implementing compliance requirements in a complex organisation, gap and trend analysis and process improvement.
• Excellent written and oral communication as well as reporting skills.
• Excellent attention to details.
• Excellent IT skills, including but not limited to Excel spreadsheet creation and analysis.
• An appreciation of when to recognise risk and ask for advice.
• Ability to work well with a wide range of people (e.g. scientists and academics, other operational professionals and external stakeholders) and develop strong and effective relationships.
• “Can-do” attitude, positive, open-minded with a flexible approach.
• Proven ability to work to deadlines and manage complex processes involving a number of individuals across different functions and institutions.
• Enthusiasm for the Institute’s charitable mission in scientific research.

About Us

The Legal portion of the Legal and Governance (LeGo) team covers both scientific and operational teams. The Legal Team is responsible for drafting and negotiating all agreements related to our activities, including all of our varied research collaborations, projects and materials transfers. The team also has expertise in a host of additional areas, such as providing support on data protection and confidentiality, data release via EDAM and legal queries

Other Information

• Salary in the region of £53,000 to £64,000
• Flexible hybrid working (min 2 days office based)
• Full time and part time applications considered

Closing date for applications: 3rd July

Hybrid Working At Wellcome Sanger

We recognise that there are many benefits to Hybrid Working; including an improved work-life balance, with more focused time, as well as the ability to organise working time so that collaborative opportunities and team discussions are facilitated on campus. The hybrid working arrangement will vary for different roles and teams. The nature of your role and the type of work you do will determine if a hybrid working arrangement is possible.

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers, Disability and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

Our Benefits

We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

Sanger Institute became a signatory of the International Technician Commitment initiative In March 2018. The Technician Commitment aims to empower and ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.