Legal Counsel

Overview

Provide high quality, strategic legal advice and support to Save the Children International's Global Teams and Country Offices on legal issues across the organisation and the wider Save the Children movement, primarily supporting international programme delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on international programming operations and legal risk by supporting Country Offices in corporate or contractual enquiries.
• Provide legal advice relating to Global Teams operations on matters of global scope or implication.
• Advise on governance requirements of a global organisation.
• Take the lead on managing certain contractual and legal risk matters/projects.
• Take the lead on managing relationships with certain Global Teams.
• Be involved with managing other aspects of the legal team, for example law firm pro bono relationships, internal team training initiatives.
• Undertake line management (formal or informal) and/or mentoring of more junior members of the team.
• Support with identifying opportunities for training and new legal tools to manage and mitigate organisational risk, developing and delivering such training and tools.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of contracts.

Required Experience

Post-qualification experience gained in a reputable private practice or in-house legal team in one or more of the following areas of law: general corporate/commercial, charity/not-for profit, dispute resolution, regulatory. Experience in one or more of the following areas of law: employment, finance, data protection, intellectual property or dispute resolution. Experience in the international development / humanitarian and/or charity sectors. Experience working in an international organisation. Experience operating in a range of jurisdictions, including instructing overseas counsel. Experience working in an in-house legal team.

Qualifications

UK or common law qualified lawyer or barrister; strong candidates who are qualified lawyers in non-common law jurisdictions will be considered. Mid-level post-qualification experience years (PQE).

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