Junior Legal Counsel

We are looking for a talented and motivated Junior Legal Counsel to join our Legal Services team. This is an excellent opportunity for a recently qualified lawyer, or a lawyer in the earlier stages of their legal career, who is looking to develop broad in-house experience within a charitable organisation.

Applications of this position will close on Sunday 30th August. The salary range for this position is between £40,000 – £55,000 depending on experience.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Conducting legal research on a variety of issues affecting the organisation
• Drafting legal advice, guidance notes, briefings, policies and supporting documents
• Reviewing and advising on contracts and commercial agreements
• Supporting compliance and policy initiatives across the organisation
• Assisting the Group General Counsel and Director of Legal Services on legal projects and workstreams
• Managing routine and lower-risk legal matters with appropriate supervision
• Providing practical legal guidance to internal stakeholders
• Helping to develop legal knowledge and best practice across teams
• Building effective relationships with external legal advisers where required
• Maintaining and developing your legal knowledge and professional competencies

Requirements

The following skills and experience form the minimum requirements for the role:

• Fully qualified lawyer authorised to practice in England & Wales
• Excellent understanding and experience of commercial issues, with ability to provide pragmatic solutions, with working knowledge of applying data protection (primarily GDPR) legislation in a contracts and events context
• Excellent contract drafting and reviews, attention to detail and communication skills
• Flexibility to provide legal advice in new contexts, interest in learning, and using transferable legal skills
• Strong working knowledge of data protection regime in UK
• Commercial outlook
• Ability to train and advise staff from liaising departments on legal aspects of their projects, where possible seeking improvement in team’s approach to legal work
• Gravitas to work effectively with staff at all levels and the ability to develop strong working relationships with departmental teams
• Team player with initiative, ability to prioritise, and problem-solving attitude in a complex and dynamic context

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including:

• 25 days annual leave (plus public holidays), which increases with length of service
• Pension scheme contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Medicash plan
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Access to training and development resources to help you grow in your role

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