Solicitor

Job Description

Base Location

Base Location: You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in our Glasgow, Perth or another of our Scottish office locations.

Salary

Salary: £51,600 – £77,400 + performance related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern

Working Pattern: Permanent Full Time Flexible First options available

The role

This is a fantastic opportunity to join SSE’s in house legal team as a Property Solicitor, where you’ll play a meaningful role in enabling the safe and responsible delivery of our energy infrastructure. Working across a diverse portfolio of onshore and offshore projects, you’ll provide trusted, thoughtful legal guidance on property matters, supporting colleagues and stakeholders with care, clarity and integrity. You’ll be part of a collaborative and values led team where safety, respect and doing the right thing underpin every decision we make.

You will

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of property acquisition and land use agreements, including leases, purchases, sales, options, servitudes and wayleaves, supporting the successful delivery of onshore and offshore projects.
• Provide practical and commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders on a wide range of property matters, including the interpretation of legal agreements, landlord and tenant matters, and boundary disputes.
• Build and manage positive relationships with external legal counsel, ensuring high quality support, effective collaboration and value for the business.
• Advise on and support a variety of legal queries and agreements, including commercial agreements, non disclosure agreements and co operation agreements.
• Provide support to the wider SSE Legal Team as required, sharing knowledge and contributing to a collaborative, safety led and values driven culture.

You have

• Qualification as a solicitor in Scotland with around 2-5 years’ PQE, although applications from candidates with more or less experience are welcome. Senior paralegals with directly relevant experience may also be considered.
• Broad experience of property matters, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating property agreements, together with title investigation, due diligence and registration experience.
• An additional qualification in England & Wales would be advantageous, and experience of planning law would be beneficial, although neither is essential.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team, supporting both legal colleagues and stakeholders across the wider business.
• Strong communication, organisational and commercial awareness skills, alongside an interest in the energy sector and a commitment to working in a safety led and values driven environment.

About SSE

SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

At SSE, we’ve created a culture of integrity, quality, responsibility and ethical behaviour. Our Legal division protects our culture by ensuring our actions are legally sound and in line with business priorities. They identify legal risk, provide advice on regulatory and statutory obligations, and help each SSE business meet its strategic goals.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

• Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships.
• Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service.
• Interest free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme.
• As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact / to discuss how we can support you.

We’re dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.