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Legal Counsel (maternity cover)

Aggregate function:  Legal
Business Area:  Group Legal
Posting Country:  Hungary
Date Posted:  3 Apr 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Fixed Term Contract

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

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Hello there! We’re Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (also known as _VOIS) and we’re looking for a

 

Legal Counsel

(maternity cover)

 

Your role in a nutshell:

 

Provide legal support to the supply chain function in Vodafone Group Services entities (including VGSL), in relation to all legal matters of relevance for procurement activities. To work on a day-to-day basis directly with sourcing specialists and to interact closely with the Technology & Outsourcing (T&O) legal and VPC legal team. Contribute to "transformation" activities intended to facilitate smarter working, enable self-service of the client base and enhance efficiency across the legal teams involved in VGS SCM activities

 

What you’ll do:

 

• Review and draft relevant agreements and other documents relating to the role purpose and support commercial colleagues in the negotiation with suppliers and other third parties to achieve contractual arrangements 
   which accurately reflect the business requirements.
• Provide the business with accurate, timely and first class pragmatic legal support by understanding key commercial drivers and providing clear, practical and robust advice which facilitates business needs whilst mitigating     key risks and challenges.
• Provide the business with tools to allow it to undertake self-service activity without undue reliance on T&O, VPC and Legal & Business Integrity (e.g. training, precedents, guidance notes and toolkits).
• Work effectively and collaboratively with team members, key stakeholders and other teams, including Local Market Legal teams, other teams in SCM, VPC, Legal & Business Integrity, Group and Local Technology, Group      Finance and other business functions.
• Work with specialist and subject matter experts including intellectual property, privacy and data protection, tax, finance, operations, regulatory and compliance to assist in all matters related to the role purpose
 

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What you’ll bring to the team
 

 

• Experience of leading the legal support on commercial agreements, projects or subsets of larger projects.
• Good commercial understanding and proven track record of delivery against tight timelines.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to present authoritatively to internal and external stakeholders to ensure appropriate protection of Vodafone's interests, whilst concentrating on the issues that really        matter.
• Ability to communicate with impact; offering logical analysis and commercial legal advice to senior audiences using a variety of communication styles.
• Influencing, bridging and negotiating skills (verbal and written).
• Good knowledge of relevant law and awareness of legal and commercial developments that may affect the Vodafone business.
 

 

 

In return we provide you with:

 


•    A dynamic environment where innovative ideas are always welcome
•    A collaborative community where your professional goals and work are supported by a diverse team
•    A supportive internal coaching and mentoring culture
•    Corporate assets including a laptop and mobile phone with subscription (unlimited voice, text message, and data within the EU)
•    Cafeteria package
•    Private Medical Services
•    Employee Assistance Program to support your wellbeing and mental health
•    Life and accident insurance
•    You can work remotely overseas for 20 days a year
•    16 weeks fully paid parental leave. This applies to all non-birthing partners who become parents due to birth or adoption
•    You and your family members can enjoy several discounts from our partners
•    You will be working in a hybrid model, which means 3 days working from home with 2 days office visit per week

 

What you need to know about us
We are the engine that powers Vodafone around the world: our work impacts millions of people around the globe every day. If you want to experiment and learn fast, integrated into an international, multicultural and inclusive team, then _VOIS is the place for you.

 

#movewithus #_VOIS #VOISHU #LI-Hybrid

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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