volta - Procurement Legal Cousel

• Prepare, review and negotiate mutual and one way NDAs with prospective suppliers, contractors and consultants, turning them around quickly so sourcing activity is never held up • Draft and negotiate Master Services Agreements, supply agreements and their associated order forms, statements of work and purchase order terms, working from Volta's approved templates • Support the Regional Procurement Directors in preparing and negotiating regional framework agreements, including (not limited to) call off mechanisms, pricing schedules, service levels and performance terms • Support the Delivery Contracts team to prepare and manage construction and project agreements, including standard form contracts such as NEC, JCT, FIDIC and AIA • Review supplier and contractor markups against Volta's playbook, prepare issues lists, recommend positions within agreed fallbacks and facilitate and manage negotiation calls • Escalate non-standard positions, such as liability caps, indemnities, liquidated damages and IP, to the Legal team or external counsel with a clear summary of the issue • Manage contract execution end to end, including approvals in line with the delegation of authority, signature routing and version control • Maintain the procurement contract repository, tracking key dates, renewals, expiries, insurance certificates and contractual obligations, and flagging upcoming actions to the relevant Category Manager. • Work with Procurement Global operations to agree technology strategy • Build and maintain Volta's procurement contract templates, clause library and negotiation playbooks, capturing lessons learned and guiding procurement colleagues on their use • Provide contract status and pipeline reporting to the VP, Vendor Procurement • A paralegal, chartered legal executive or contracts qualification (for example CILEx, a law degree, or SQE or LPC study), or equivalent experience gained in a commercial contractsrole • 4 or more years drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally in procurement, data centre or large scale infrastructure • Hands on experience with NDAs, MSAs, framework agreements and supply contracts, and a working knowledge of standard form construction contracts such as NEC, JCT, FIDIC or AIA • A solid understanding of key commercial risk areas, including liability, indemnities, insurance, warranties, payment terms, termination and intellectual property, and the judgement to know when to escalate • Experience working under the supervision of in house or external lawyers while managing a high volume of agreements to deadline, ideally using contract lifecycle management and electronic signature tools • Precise drafting, exceptional attention to detail and clear communication with commercial, technical and supplier stakeholders • Exposure to both UK or European and US contracting would be an advantage