• Work with internal stakeholders to increase awareness and skills in relation to contract management and legal risk, partnering with key individuals within the organisation to identify potential legal issues as they arise.
• Support the continued improvement of standard form agreements, contract management and legal processes and implement improved systems and procedures where required.
• Where appropriate, appoint, brief, manage and oversee external legal advisors.
• Manage the legal budget, approving expenditure and highlighting where there's a risk of exceeding budget.
• Maintain a contract library for all supplier contracts.
Grant agreements
• Review all grant agreements - considering legal obligations, IP rights, tax considerations and any other restrictions.
• Assist managers to put into practice regulatory or funder requirements, in particular through contract review and negotiation.
Compliance
• Where relevant from contract or grant agreement review, disseminate practical guidance to staff to ensure day to day compliance.
• Oversee the ongoing management of the organisation’s risk register, ensuring this is regularly reviewed and updated.
• Responsible for GDPR/data protection compliance including policy updates, data audits, data breach processes and log, FOI requests, writing and issuing privacy notices, etc.
• Advise the wider team on data protection issues and best practice.
• Remain informed of charitable and company law guidance, briefing colleagues on new developments as appropriate and implementing new processes required to ensure compliance
• Undertake other duties as may be requested by the Chair, CEO, and Head of Operations as IIGCC’s work evolves, and new needs emerge.
Experience & skill set
• A qualified solicitor or barrister (English law) with significant post-qualification experience. Significant experience of advising on complex legal issues and comfortable providing
• understandable, accurate and timely advice on a very wide-ranging and changing set of issues. Demonstrable experience/understanding of advising managers on the key risks inherent within complex contracts.
• Working knowledge and experience of Intellectual Property law and GDPR/data protection requirements and good practice.
• Knowledge of not-for-profit and company legislative, regulatory and governance landscape. Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Experience of working in a small / medium sized organisation with ability to engage in detail of operational implementation as well as taking a strategic view.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and authoritatively to a diverse audience, and to explain complex regulatory legislation and principles.
• Expert negotiation skills with the ability to manage relationships with diplomacy and tact.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times and ensure that confidential data is handled in a sensitive manner.
• Experience of developing systems, designing processes and leading change.
• Able to work in partnership and with people at all levels, demonstrating strong skills in networking and influencing.
• Ability to independently plan, prioritise and deliver a wide variety of legal work for the organisation to tight timescale in a fast-moving environment.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits including:
• 25 days’ annual leave plus public holidays
• Life assurance
• Additional discretionary days off between
• Private healthcare
• Christmas and New Year
• Hybrid working model
• Generous non-contributory pension
• Access to Independent Financial advisor for scheme all staff
Applications
Interested applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter detailing their qualifications and experience for the role to vacancy@iigcc.org.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Job Email id: vacancy(at)iigcc.org