OneAdvanced is looking for a capable, motivated Legal Counsel to join our dynamic Legal Commercial Team. In this key role, you’ll support the business in achieving its growth ambitions across the UK and Ireland, providing practical, commercially focused legal guidance that helps drive strategic decision making across both private and public sector customers.
Reporting into our Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to negotiate contracts, manage legal risk, and ensure we continue to operate with high legal and ethical standards.
This is a hybrid role with at least one day per week working from our Birmingham HQ.
Please note, this is a 12 month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
What Makes Our Legal Team Different:
Our team blends legal expertise with innovation, collaboration and a genuine focus on professional growth:
Key Responsibilities:
Commercial Contracting
Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements for a leading SaaS provider, including MSAs, bespoke customer contracts, supplier and partner agreements, licensing terms, RFP responses, escrow agreements, call-offs, and data processing agreements. This will include supporting contracts with public sector customers and framework-based agreements where relevant.
Deal Support
Partner with Sales and GTM teams to support negotiations and help close customer agreements.
Privacy & Data Protection
Advise on privacy and data protection considerations, reviewing DPAs and escalating issues where required to our Privacy, AI & Cyber specialists.
Strategic Business Support
Get involved in wider commercial and strategic initiatives across the business, from partner and supplier agreements to AI-related legal considerations, potential M&A activity, and cross-functional commercial projects.
What you will have:
Please note, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.
Wellbeing that means something
Financial benefits that have your back
Grow your career with us
Making a Difference
Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:
At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society.
We’re much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.
OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia.
Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.
We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.
Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times’ Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback. Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.
Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.
Learn more at www.oneadvanced.com
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