Legal Counsel Competition & Compliance
What you’ll do
Implementing and maintaining an effective competition law Commitments compliance programme, including:
- Maintaining and developing Commitments compliance programme – Ensure the Commitments compliance programme addresses key competition law risks and assist with preparing action/work plans to implement each element of the programme.
- Monitoring and reviewing – manage the monthly reporting obligations to ensure compliance with commitments. Liaise with colleagues in Germany and Group functions to ensure that there is a consistent and co-ordinated approach to implementing the commitments and assessing compliance.
- Review and advise on information exchange and compliant submission of monthly/quarterly reports prepared by/with relevant stakeholders:
- Training and awareness – Conduct training needs analysis to identify higher risk groups of employees. With the assistance of the rest of the Competition Law team and Vodafone Germany, design and ensure delivery of training programmes to relevant groups of employees.
- Compliance and Investigations - Assist the Competition Law team in managing compliance and responding to competition law investigations, including project management of large investigations and legal cases, conducting internal investigations, gathering information from the business, drafting submissions to competition authorities
Who you are
- Educated to degree level, preferably law.
- 2+ years experience in Competition law or in a relevant area of compliance.
- Strong IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Technical knowledge: Familiarity with competition law, including merger control or antitrust remedies, and compliance best practices . Understanding of managing governance and control systems .
- Communication: Strong interpersonal and written and oral communication skills. Additional German language skills an advantage. Strong attention to detail. Cross-cultural communication experience is desirable.
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All 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 apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What's in it for you
We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.
- Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
- Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
- Charity days: 5 days/year
- Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
- Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
- Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
- Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
- Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan
Who we are
You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.
As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.
Together we can.
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