Job Description

We are looking for an excellent leader who can provide visible and effective leadership to the Team to deliver excellent VAT litigation services to HMRC. You will be able to engage and inspire the immediate and wider Team, ensuring that all team members feel supported and developed; and promoting an open, diverse and inclusive environment.

The post holder will provide strategic direction, advising on and having conduct of HMRC’s major, most complex and highest value VAT Litigation in the First Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, and higher courts, as well as leading and managing related judicial review and other claims.

The post holder will work closely with other HMRC teams, and SOLS colleagues in Legal Operations, to provide a high-quality, joined up VAT litigation service. You will provide personal input on the most complex matters, strategic oversight of VAT litigation and insight from our litigation back into the business. You will also work closely with other SOLS A Deputy Director colleagues and the Director of SOLS A to support the effective leadership and management of the Litigation Directorate, including legal risks and resources and continuously improving our litigation services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading teams in planning and delivering VAT Litigation on HMRC’s most complex and high value cases; ensuring that we continue to maintain an excellent quality service, that legal risks are properly identified and managed, that adequate resources are in place; that we live within our budget, that external resource, such as Counsel, are effectively managed and contributing to briefing for senior colleagues and Ministers.
• Leading and managing HMRC’s litigation that may arise from the transition period, as the UK exits from the EU.
• Supporting the effective management of fiscal risks arising from litigation.
• Strong leadership of the Team, creating a capable, engaged and empowered team and fostering an open, diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Building strong relationships with internal HMRC clients to identify, understand and deliver on their priorities; and wider stakeholders.
• Ongoing compliance with Lexcel standards.
• Corporate contribution to wider SOLS, HMRC and the wider Government Legal Profession.

Responsibilities:

Applicants should be able to demonstrate their capability in legal technical skills and the four core civil service behaviours set out below.

Legal Technical Skills:

• Excellent legal professional skills with a proven track-record of delivering high quality legal services.
• The ability to think creatively and give authoritative risk-based legal advice that facilitates practical solutions.
• Good knowledge of litigation, public law and EU law.
• Some litigation experience.

Highly desirable:

• Knowledge of tax and VAT.
• Knowledge of the civil service and litigating in the Government context.

Core Civil Service Behaviours:

Leadership

• A strong leader who can engage and inspire a large, inclusive team to deliver excellent litigation services.
• The ability to contribute to the effective leadership and management of the wider directorate.

Communicating and Influencing

• Demonstrable ability to work with senior leaders across SOLS, HMRC, GLD and external stakeholders.
• The ability to present, persuade and influence in a variety of high-profile and complex situations.

Managing a Quality Service

• The ability to provide good quality litigation services that meet client needs.
• Ensure risks are managed in an uncertain and often fast-paced environment.

Working Together

• A proven track record of building and maintaining strong, collaborative working relationships with colleagues, senior clients and stakeholders.

Essential Academic / Professional Qualifications

• The successful candidate must be qualified to practice as a Solicitor or Barrister in England & Wales.

Benefits:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a successful career with the Department and wider Civil Service.

It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and you’ll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you’ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.

This includes:

• 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays
• This will be complimented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the Queen’s Birthday
• Competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire
• Flexible working patterns including part-time (minimum 4 days per week) and job share partnerships. Access to Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day providing you work your total hours
• Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers
• Childcare benefits (policy for new employees as of 5 April 2018): The government has introduced the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every £8 they pay in, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2000 a year for each child or £4000 for a disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here
• Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle.
• Opportunity to use onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens (where applicable)
• Occupational sick pay

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: Not Disclosed.

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