Legal Counsel (Risk)

Tearfund is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel specialising in risk management to join our highly skilled Legal & Risk team.

This critical role combines legal expertise with strategic risk assessment to protect and manage risk in a complex global organisation. You'll work collaboratively and proactively with colleagues across the organisation to deliver agile and responsive organisational risk management that facilitates the achievement of our strategic objectives. This will involve engaging risk owners to support their analysis and reporting of risks and notifiable incidents to senior management. 

You will be a qualified lawyer with around 3 years of post-qualification experience, with experience of advising on risk.

We are looking for a natural collaborator, who will have excellent communication & relationship management skills with the ability to influence and manage expectations at all levels of the organisation. 

Please note this is a permanent part time role working 28 hours per week. The full time salary is £53,057 per annum. The part time salary is £42,445.60 per annum. The working pattern will be agreed with the line manager. 

Hybrid working: This role is eligible for hybrid working and you will be required to work from the Teddington Tearfund office and from your home by agreement with the line manager. 

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund. 

Applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs. 

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.