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Legal Officer Employment

Remote
£39,298 per year
Full-time or part-time (35 hours Monday - Friday or 28 hours negotiable)
Permanent
Job description

 

LEGAL OFFICER – EMPLOYMENT LAW

Salary £39,298 per annum

 

Hours:          35 hours (5 days) Monday – Friday inclusive.

Applications for part-time 28 hours (4 days) a week will also be considered.

 

Location:     Flexible - home-based or hybrid (office and home-based) working available. Occasional travel requirement across England and Wales for meetings or delivery of training. The postholder will be required to attend the office[1] occasionally to attend work meetings.

 

Contract      Permanent

 

Who are we?

Rights of Women is a long established and well-respected national women's charity providing free legal advice to women to help them navigate their way through the legal system and inform them of their rights.  Addressing violence against women and girls is a major part of ensuring that women can achieve equality in society.  We also work to influence law and policy and provide training to professionals who work with women.

 

The Role

We are looking for a qualified woman[2] solicitor or barrister or CILEX member with experience of employment harassment and discrimination law to deliver our vital legal services for women as part of our employment law team.

 

The Legal Officer (Employment Law) is responsible for delivery of Rights of Women’s core services including providing legal advice on our ‘Sexual Harassment at Work’ telephone advice line, delivering training and writing publications. They also contribute to Rights of Women’s policy and influencing work, specifically related to our 'Sexual Harassment at Work’ advice line and employment law and the management of the legal volunteers to the advice line.

 

Closing date:  Friday 15th November at 17.00.  We expect to interview week commencing 25/11/24 and will contact you the week before if you have been shortlisted for interview.

How to apply:  Please visit our website for further information about the role and how to apply.

 

 

[1] The office is located in a women-only building where service users from a number of organisations attend on a daily basis

 

[2] This post is open to women-only. Occupational Requirement (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 Part 1) applies

 

 

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Rights of Women View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 6 - 10
Refreshed on: 04 November 2024
Closing date: 15 November 2024 at 14:28
Tags: Advice / Information, Legal / Law, Domestic Violence / Abuse