Senior Consultant - Surety
This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.
The Role
We are a leading multi-disciplinary consultancy (Quantity Surveying , Dispute Resolution, Expert Witness, Forensic Planning & Delay Analysis, Legal, Building Surveying ) offering services to Clients (Employers, Funders, Main Contractors and Sub-Contractors) throughout the construction industry.
We are looking for a Senior Consultant to be part of the Surety team at Gateley Vinden where you will undertake the specialized task of acting as a mediator between insolvent contractors or subcontractors and their clients within the Surety market.
You will be responsible for:
• Providing expert services and advice to the Surety market in collaboration with the Gateley Legal surety team
• Conducting desktop reviews of contractors' obligations and entitlements across various cases, requiring a good understanding of contractual matters and claims
• Stepping into the role of an insolvent contractor or subcontractor to resolve outstanding financial accounts and ensure equitable settlements
• Managing disputes, including corresponding with solicitors to address and resolve legal challenges efficiently
• Writing detailed and clear reports that are crucial for communicating case statuses, findings, and recommendations to Surety clients
• Being client-facing, which involves reviewing contract bonds and documents, conducting site visits to evaluate progress, and liaising with insolvency practitioners
• Advising employers on contractual entitlements following the termination of contracts, and reviewing damage claims made against Sureties
• Negotiating the settlement of claims and maintaining communication with all involved parties, including instructing solicitors when necessary
The Person
- Ideally RICS qualified
- Self-motivated with the ability to work as an individual, and undertake desktop reviews of contractor's obligations and entitlements on multiple cases
- Commercial management experience within a Tier 1 or Tier 2 main contractor
- Good understanding of contractual matters and claims
- Ability to manage disputes and correspond with solicitors
- Good report writing skills are essential
- Ability to establish relationships with claimants to efficiently address and settle claims
About You
About Us
The benefits
With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.
In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.
We are Gateley
We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.
The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.
Diversity, inclusion and well being
Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional Information
If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.