Senior Legal Counsel

We've an exciting opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel to join Aviva Ireland. This role provides integrated legal, regulatory and governance advice to our Life & Pensions business, supporting a wide range of strategic and operational activity. You’ll be part of a busy and influential legal team that prides itself on clear, practical advice and strong collaboration across the business. Reporting to the Head of Legal you’ll be based in our Dublin OPP office with the flexibility of hybrid smart working. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, professional and forward‑thinking environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide timely and pragmatic legal advice to the Life & Pensions business, with particular support to Pensions Technical and Customer Experience teams.
• Support the Head of Legal and wider team in identifying, managing and mitigating legal, regulatory and reputational risks.
• Advise on new business initiatives, programmes, services and products to enable informed and compliant decision‑making.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts including agency, investment management and custody agreements.
• Manage your own workload effectively, working independently while contributing positively to a collaborative legal team.

Skills & experience

• Substantial PQE previous in-house experience in a Financial Services/Regulatory environment.
• Strong understanding of pensions law and regulation, including trusts, within an Irish or comparable regulatory framework.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with proven experience managing contracts from inception through to completion.
• Experience within life assurance or the wider financial services sector.
• Commercial experience including exposure to outsourcing arrangements.

What will you get for this role?

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• A competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%).
• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.
• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays, and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.
• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions.
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme.
• TaxSaver Travel Scheme.
• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family.
• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work .
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for Everyone

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying please contact kate.ohara@aviva.com