Health & Safety Regulatory Lawyer

Overview: Maybe you're ready to step off the hamster wheel and be invigorated by your work again. Maybe you are looking for a change, a challenge or an opportunity to develop your career. Either way, we would love to talk to you about how you could forge your own path and be a part of our future at Walker Morris.
We're looking for an experienced Health and Safety Lawyer who wants to join a growing and successful team specialising in a range of complex and high profile Health, Safety and Environmental matters.
Our clients are at the heart of everything we do so you’ll need to be focused on providing first class advice, providing the very best client service and making sure that you’re ready to join our positive and progressive team. Responsibilities: What you'll be doing as a Health & Safety Regulatory Lawyer: You will become a trusted adviser and build lasting relationships with your clients. This is a varied and dynamic role which will enable you to be involved in:

• Some of the UK’s largest and most complex health and safety investigations;
• Environmental compliance and enforcement matters including pollution, waste and permitting matters;
• Major workplace safety incidents including fatalities and life-changing injuries;
• Complex regulatory matters in the areas of healthcare, medical devices, food and transport regulation;
• Corporate transactions and support clients to comply with their regulatory obligations.

Qualifications: What we are looking for:

• You'll have experience of working on high calibre health, safety and environmental matters (preferred)
• Ideally you will have worked in private practice or in-house in our specialist areas
• You will be driven to evolve as a lawyer and develop your skills
• And you will love what you do!

We welcome applications from those who are newly qualified or looking to diversify into Non-Financial Services Regulation as full training and support will be provided.
Why Join Walker Morris: When you’re looking for a job, we know it's about more than just the role. That's why we provide the support you need to develop and grow your career. We’ve hybrid and flexible working, so you can make work and life work together for you. Walker Morris is a top 100 commercial law firm where you don’t have to fit a mould, so you can bring your full self to work and our commitment to a meaningful work life balance means you can take your full-self home again too!
We’ve recently launched the new Walker Morris brand, which brings to life what it’s really like to work with and within the firm. What it really comes back to is our purpose, to forge your own path. It means we’re 70% corporate professional law firm but with 30% individual expression – meaning we’re personal, modern and have a drive for innovation.
What we offer:

• Flexible working – we understand work-life balance is important, we are open to discussing your hybrid working preferences
• Annual Leave – minimum of 25 days per year, increasing to 31 days with length of service. Also – buy/sell holidays up to 5 days per year
• Bonus Scheme – our annual bonus scheme recognises outstanding contributions to the firm and our ambitions. All colleagues are eligible subject to meeting the criteria of the scheme.
• Sabbatical Scheme – accrue up to 2 weeks' sabbatical over a 2 year period, or 4 weeks' sabbatical over 3 years
• Pension – saving for retirement? Let us do the hard work for you. We auto-enrol all eligible colleagues in to a workplace pension and we contribute a minimum of 5% of annual salary
• Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service
• Introduction scheme – we're always on the search for new talent. If you introduce us to a candidate that is successfully appointed to one of our vacancies then we'll reward you with a bonus.

At Walker Morris we are working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. We particularly welcome applications from Disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic as well as LGBTQ+ and non-binary candidates. Each individual brings their own unique capabilities, experiences and characteristics to their work, so you don’t have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. Type of Working: Hybrid