ESG Legal Counsel

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This is an exciting opportunity to join Barclays as an ESG Legal Counsel within Barclays Europe. You will be close to current ESG developments within Europe and provide senior advisory support to the Barclays Bank Ireland PLC (Barclays Europe) businesses focusing on financial, banking and ESG regulatory changes. You will also be responsible for leading technical conversations with senior leaders within Barclays Europe and ESG regulatory changes.

The Required skills for this role are:

• Qualified lawyer in the UK or other European jurisdiction.
• Lawyer with a very solid regulatory background verse in European legal frameworks
• Financial services experience or from Private Practice specialising in ESG within financial services.
• Technical skills and experience within ESG including taxonomy regulations, CSRD, Pillar 3 disclosure requirements, CRD VI and corresponding EBA guidelines.
• Act autonomously and lead technical conversations with senior leaders within Barclays

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This is a full-time permanent position based in London.

To ensure that the operations in the country or region are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with these activities.

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
• Legal advice and support to the bank's country coverage teams on a wide range of legal issues, including regulatory compliance, risk management, project management and transactional matters.
• Representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to its operations in the country or region, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Creation and review of legal documents such as loan agreements, security documents, and other financing documents to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's operations in the country or region.
• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the bank's operations in the country or region.
• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.
• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently…