Are you passionate about legal compliance and looking to make a significant impact within our award-winning pub company? Punch is seeking a dedicated Legal & Compliance Associate to join our dynamic team based at our Support Centre in Burton.
Location: Burton-on-Trent
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Annual Company Bonus Scheme
- Company pension
- 25 Annual holiday days + bank holidays (Option to buy and sell)
- Free pay-day drinks
- Retail & Leisure discount scheme
- and much more……
Role Purpose
The Legal & Compliance Associate forms part of a small team based in our Support Centre in Burton-Upon-Trent. The role largely administers and adheres to the Legal and Estate company process cycle whilst ensuring all areas of the Landlord and Tenant act and the Pubs Code are complied with. The Legal & Compliance Associate supports a variety of roles and functions throughout the business such as our Regional Operations and Property Teams and is the central contact point of enquiry.
Accountabilities:
• Administer pub acquisitions and pub disposals, supporting the Estate Development Team
• Processing Unlicensed property and development queries
• Complete compliance checks for pub letting documentation for both our Leased and Tenanted and Management Partnership pub estate
• Produce and present tenancy agreements for completion and sign off
• Raise purchase orders to process invoices and payments
• Provide our Publicans with Pubs Code guidance and information during the letting process
• Gain in depth insight on the associated regional and pub areas to make the appropriate and reasonable decisions when required
• Prioritise and schedule problems. Escalate problems (when required) to the appropriately experienced person in the wider team
• Be confident and willing to use all available resources in the investigation and resolution of a problem
• Look for opportunities to positively challenge historical processes and practices that may provide better solutions
• Take ownership of your day to day tasks and provide solutions for optimisation
• Develop and maintain activity trackers and plans
• Effectively communicate across a number of channels to both internal and external stakeholders
• Effectively manage time to enures deadlines are met
• Provide support and guidance to the Legal & Compliance Team and wider Property team
• Identify a personal development pathway to enhance skills, knowledge and behaviours
• Respond effectively and efficiently to legal and estates enquiries, including areas such as Head Leases, Insurance, Licensing, Compliance and Tenant at Wills
• Provide administrative support to the Estate Development Managers
• Supervise third party providers
Technical Competencies / Professional Expertise:
• Excellent communication skills at all levels to provide the best possible experience for both internal and external customers
• Be confident and willing to use all available resources in the investigation and resolution of a query.
• Keen attention to detail with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent administrative and detail orientated data collation skills
• Strong IT skills – ability to manipulate data in excel; ability to produce
• Experience of Microsoft NAV, purchase ordering, invoice approval and agreements system (Preferable, not essential)
• Management of third-party suppliers
• Strong awareness of issues affecting group property activities – legislation, business needs, environmental issues, etc. (Preferable, not essential)
• Use of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Teams etc.)
• Pub Code Knowledge (Preferable, not essential)
• Knowledge of Leased and Tenant Act (Preferable, not essential)
Key Relationships:
• Legal & Compliance Team
• Operations Team
• Publicans & Management Partners
• Commercial Estates Managers
• Estate Development Team
• Head of Property
• Property Managers
• Third Party Providers and Suppliers
Closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025