Head of Legal Property - Whitbread - Dunstable/ Holborn
Head of Legal - Property
Whitbread – Dunstable / Holborn
Salary: £120k - £130K+ £7K Car allowance + Bonus up to 40%
Location: Hybrid role minimum 3 days per week in office based at Whitbread Court, Dunstable (LU5 5XE) and London Holborn (EC1N 2TD)
We’re Whitbread the UK’s largest hospitality business, and home of Premier Inn. With over 85,000 rooms across 850 hotels in the in the UK and another 7,000 in the pipeline, we’re the number one operator in the UK and with a growing presence in Germany.
We now have unique position to join us as Head of Legal (Property) reporting into the Premier Inn and Restaurants General Counsel (UK, Ireland, and Middle East). You will sit on the Property Committee, working closely with the MD Property and his team to develop and deliver the property strategy, refine our approach to providing and obtaining legal support and deliver efficiencies in our approach.
In this role you will also be advising the CEO and his executive team on implications of Property decisions (including transactional and contentious and non-contentious). You will be the primary contact with our external partners to build successful partnerships to effectively manage legal advice and associated spend. Whilst the role will primarily focus across our UK and Ireland sites, you will also work on our international strategy with our Germany team.
This is a first in role position at a senior level in a FTSE 100 company with a large multi-billion-pound property base, that will support our strategy to innovate and grow both our UK and International business for Premier Inn.
Why You’ll Love It Here
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We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 10481-4492
Advertised: 09 Sep 2024