About us: 

RAID is a UK based charity that exposes corporate wrongdoing, environmental damage and human rights abuses in Africa, partnering with those harmed to hold companies to account. We use rigorous investigation, advocacy and the law to strengthen the regulation of business and achieve justice. 

About the role:

RAID has an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Accountability Researcher to join our London based team. You will conduct research and investigations, provide legal analysis and engage in advocacy. 

This post is at the heart of our dynamic team and provides the opportunity for international travel, both for fieldwork and to participate in relevant international forums. Our team is small, so multi-tasking is required. This is a unique opportunity to be actively involved in holding corporations to account for environmental and human rights harms.

Key tasks:

• Conduct research and monitoring on business and human rights issues relating to RAID’s work. 
• Prepare and conduct field investigations.
• Help provide legal analysis on cases and situations that RAID is undertaking and work closely with outside legal counsel as needed.
• Collect and analyse information from a wide variety of sources. 
• Write or contribute to the drafting and publicization of compelling reports and other materials.

​About You:

You will bring enthusiasm and self-motivation alongside a keen interest in, and knowledge of, business, human rights and environmental issues, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. 

The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in human rights, law, international relations, political science, social sciences or related subjects. You will have at least 3 years of relevant work experience (legal trainee programs can be included). Research and field experience in Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo or in similar francophone countries, is highly desirable and will help set you apart from the crowd. 

We are seeking someone who:

• displays good judgement, empathy and sensitivity towards affected communities and victims;
• has a proven interest in human rights and justice, and is a compelling advocate;
• brings strong analytical and research skills, and an ability to plan strategically;
• speaks French and English, with strong research and writing skills in English (essential);
• brings knowledge of anti-corruption, money-laundering, corporate structures and accounts (desirable but not necessary).

We offer flexible working and remote working during the pandemic.

RAID believes in the value of a diversity. We believe change can only be achieved if we have talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer intent on building a balanced team from all walks of life. We actively encourage applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and value the positive impact that this will bring to our team. 

Eligibility to work in the UK is desirable.

Please see the job specification for further details. 

The Head of Syria and Iraq Detention Project is responsible for overseeing Reprieve’s work on detention cases in North East Syria (NES) and Iraq.

There are currently thousands of people indefinitely detained in camps in North East Syria, in conditions the UN has described as “deplorable and inhumane”. Others have been transferred to Iraq or Assad-controlled Syria, where they have faced torture and the death penalty without anything resembling due process.

Reprieve’s Syria and Iraq Projects aim to ensure that individuals detained in Syria and Iraq are treated in line with international law, and not subjected to the death penalty, extrajudicial execution, arbitrary detention, torture or rendition. We also aim to challenge and change flawed ‘war on terror’ narratives and legal and political frameworks – including in the UK, Europe and the US – that engender state-sanctioned discrimination and abuse and undermine the rule of law and human rights.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies using a dynamic approach in which each of Reprieve’s methodologies—casework, investigation, litigation, political and public engagement, outreach and support for affected communities—connect with one another in pursuit of saving clients’ lives and addressing structural rights violations. You are an experienced campaigner and advocate, with significant legal, casework or litigation experience and strong writing skills. You have demonstrated experience leading teams and managing a complex portfolio of cases.

For full details and information on how to apply please see the job description.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with excellent communication skills to join the staff of a social enterprise on an NHS-funded advice project now in its sixth year. The core function of this role is to be the public-facing first point of contact for callers to the advice service, offering tier one information and supporting the tier two specialist advice team. With big plans for the future, we want you to be part of a strong team committed to delivering excellence and achieving success in line with our commercial and social objectives.

You will be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills and experience of working in a client-facing information, advice or administration role. A proven ability to provide clear and coherent information via the telephone in a way that is accessible to a broad client base is essential.

The successful candidate will be able to establish a good rapport with clients and stakeholders in a professional and caring manner, upholding brand values.

In return, you can look forward to working with a small but highly-skilled and dynamic team, and having influence over the future strategic direction of the company. We also offer a competitive salary with performance-related bonus and an excellent benefits package. The nature of this role demands complete confidentiality and flexibility with regard to the needs of the business and its clients. This is a salaried role and some unsocial hours may be expected.

Hours: 20-25 hours p/w (flexible)

Salary: £11.00 per hour plus performance-related bonus and excellent benefits package

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Negotiable depending on location - either office based or home based with periodic travel to Head Office in Oxfordshire

Background Information

NHS Continuing Healthcare is the name given to a package of health care that some people need to receive as a result of a disability, accident or illness. Individuals who are assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare will have the full cost of their care and accommodation funded by the NHS.

Beacon operates an ethical business model which places the client at the heart of the process and aims to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients through robust and non-confrontational engagement with CCGs. Our team of advisers and caseworkers have established a strong reputation for their thorough understanding of the eligibility criteria and key principles, combining excellent client engagement with high-quality case representation. In seven years we have supported over 30,000 people and achieved a consistently high quality score from our clients.

The Project

For the past six years Beacon has been commissioned by NHS England to deliver the first national specialist NHS Continuing Healthcare information and advice service. The service delivers in two specific areas:

• Remote verbal or written advice surgeries: time-limited specialist advice delivered via telephone, Teams and email
• Literature in the form of comprehensive information guides provided via post and across digital access points

The service is open to anybody in England at any stage of the continuing healthcare journey or in the long-term care system. Clients and service-users will be entitled to receive a copy of Beacon’s literature in the format they find most accessible, and up to ninety minutes of remote (verbal or written) advice.

Remote verbal information and advice will be provided on any area within the scope of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care (2007, 2009, 2012 and 2018 editions), and related guidance, and on the topics covered by the Navigational Toolkit.

The role of the Information Officer will be to deliver accurate tier one information to clients which helps them to understand what NHS continuing healthcare is, how to apply for it and what to do if they want to challenge the outcome of their assessment. You will also be expected to schedule tier two advice sessions with our specialist advice team for individuals who require an-depth consultation.

Please note that whilst prior knowledge of the NHS continuing healthcare criteria and assessment procedures is desirable, it is not necessary to have this knowledge and full training will be provided. We are looking for candidates with the right skills and personal attributes as listed in the Person Specification.

Our Values

At Beacon, we employ people who want to do things differently to other organisations working in this field. Five values sum up our culture and how we treat our clients and our staff:

1. Ethical

Commitment to our clients

We operate with honesty and integrity. We are transparent about our funding set-up and our fees, which we keep as low as we sensibly can. We never ‘hard sell’ our services, we keep you informed at every step, and we always give our honest opinion of your chances of success. As a social enterprise, we donate any profits to charity.

Commitment to our team

We operate with honesty and integrity, and always work hard to get the best results for our clients and the business. We work to high standards, and trust our people to respectfully speak out if we fall short.

1. Expert

Commitment to our clients

We pride ourselves on being recognised as leading independent experts in NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). We apply our knowledge and experience to help every case and caller. We also strive to improve CHC for everyone, by training health and social care professionals.

Commitment to our team

We are the leading experts in our field. We encourage and value innovation and evolution in what we do, and how we do it. We are united in developing the business and its services.

1. Personal

Commitment to our clients

By listening carefully to you and the people who really know about your care needs, we can provide excellent advice and powerful advocacy tailored to your unique situation.

Commitment to our team

We get results by getting to know our clients. We do the same with our people, offering flexible working options to suit your circumstances, and taking time out to have fun as a team.

1. Compassionate

Commitment to our clients

We are mindful of the immense stress that our callers and clients can be under, at what is often a really tough time. We do our best to lift some of that burden by providing a quality service that you can trust, and by being compassionate and courteous at all times.

Commitment to our team

The nature of the work can be stressful and emotionally draining. We take care and time to look out for each other, and encourage healthy work habits.

1. Rewarding

Commitment to our team

We take the time to celebrate success and are inspired by one another’s achievements. We provide a generous and varied suite of benefits that can be enjoyed by our people and their families. 

Organization Overview 

Rights and Security International (RSI), formerly Rights Watch (UK), promotes just and effective security. For over three decades, initially in Northern Ireland and now globally, RSI has successfully advocated for a rights-based approach to national security and held Governments to account for unlawful actions taken in the name of security. Our vision is of a world that recognises that our individual freedoms are essential to our collective security. 

RSI is one of, if not the only, human rights organization that is exclusively working on national security issues. We mobilise our knowledge and expertise, in partnership with civil society globally, to address cutting-edge contemporary issues – including the weaponization of counter terrorism measures to close democratic and civil space, the use of emergency and securitized measures in response to the global health pandemic and other non-terrorism related threats, the impact of national security measures on children and vulnerable adults, including those held in IS-associated detention camps in Northeast Syria, the unlawful use of lethal force in the context of counterterrorism, and the proliferation of non-criminal counter terrorism measures. 

RSI carries out its work through innovative and high-quality research, strategic litigation, collective action with trusted partners, and advocacy at the domestic, regional and international levels. Through its work, RSI has become a critical reference point and central hub of expertise and action on issues of national security and human rights. Our work has brought about important systemic reforms and justice for individuals, and consistently informs the work of the UN, governments and other influential stakeholders. 

We have received wide acclaim for our work including receiving the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Human Rights Prize for ‘outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe’, the Irish World Damien Gaffney Award, and the Beacon Prize for Human Rights and were shortlisted for the Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Award for Best Legal Services 2018. 

The work of RSI is becoming increasing relevant given the stark rise globally in national security measures that silence dissidents, disproportionately impact and/or target vulnerable and marginalised communities, or otherwise close civic and democratic space. In parallel, the obstacles for victims to access justice have significantly increased as governments hide behind the well-worn cloak of national security and at the same time are systematically dismantling vital legal protections and other safeguards. 

As the Legal and Advocacy Director, you will help lead the organization and make an impact worldwide as we increase our work with international partners and implement our exciting and innovative new strategies.

This position reports to the Executive Director. It may entail personnel management responsibilities.

Person Specification: 

• RSI is looking for a passionate and experienced human rights professional who:
• Has a post-graduate qualification in law, preferably including coursework in several areas of international law.
• Has a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in human rights, preferably including at least some experience with issues of national security.
• Has experience managing individuals or small teams.
• Is highly self-motivated, creative, open-minded, and a strategic thinker.
• Has a proven track record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Has advanced skills in strategic litigation, legislative advocacy, UN advocacy, or grassroots activism, including the development of detailed strategic plans.
• Has experience building coalitions, ideally internationally.
• Has a demonstrable record of completing successful, complex projects in a timely manner.
• Has a strong commitment to working in a collegial and respectful manner with colleagues as well as a broader range of partners and stakeholders.
• Ideally, has expertise in gender rights.
• We are especially – but not exclusively – interested in receiving applications from candidates with expertise in the law or political context of Northern Ireland, and with an ability to conduct research and advocacy related to that context.
• You must speak and write English fluently, and fluency in other languages is a plus.
• You must have a right to work in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Executive Director to create and implement strategic plans for specific projects as well as the organization as a whole.
• Draft and review expert legal materials on matters of international law such as international and regional human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international refugee and asylum law.
• Draft and review expert legal materials on issues of UK law.
• Develop and implement law reform and litigation strategies.
• Create and lead efforts to inform and shape public opinion, such as by drafting opinion pieces and calls to action.
• Build and strengthen an international coalition of civil society organizations and academic experts addressing national security issues from a human rights perspective.
• Build effective and lasting relationships with other key stakeholders.
• Potentially, manage a small team of law and policy specialists.
• Be a strategic leader and thinker in the field of national security and human rights.

Application details:

If you are interested in this position, please send the following material:

• Your CV
• A cover letter which describes how you fulfil the person specification and your experience of the below-mentioned responsibilities – maximum 2 pages 

By submitting your application, you consent to our processing and retention of your personal data to the extent, and for the time period, necessary to consider the application. We will keep your application on file for no more than six months.

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We particularly welcome expressions of interest from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

Do you want to work with an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.

The Role

The Housing Expert Advice team at Citizens Advice are looking for individuals to submit an expression of interest to be a part of our group of Consultant Housing Experts. We are hoping to expand the panel of experts within our teams to support us to deliver advice within our organisation.

The consultant role will include providing second tier consultancy advice to our network of local Citizens Advice advisers. 

About You

You will have significant professional experience in a legal or advice setting with experience of interpreting legislation, giving credible, appropriate and high quality legal guidance and legal advice to a range of audiences.

As this is a rolling recruitment process we will contact those who have expressed an interest in the role within 3 weeks.

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.

We are seeking a qualified Solicitor or Barrister with a practicing certificate in England and Wales with experience in family law to lead our advocacy and legal service.  Mosac provides holistic support to families of victims of Child Sexual Abuse. Central to our work is providing pro-bono legal advice as families navigate the family courts and in some cases criminal courts in extremely difficult circumstances. 

Job description

We are seeking a committed, empathetic and resilient Manager, experienced in dealing with high levels of client trauma, to grow our current advocacy service into a pro-bono legal advice department to respond to growing demand.

You will be a qualified Solicitor or Barrister with a practicing certificate in England and Wales. You will have proven experience of working in UK family law.

In the first instance you will be responsible for running  our  telephone and face to face pro-bono legal advice service for the protective parents of sexually abused children. Over time, you would move to overseeing other legal expert officers and volunteers, building partnerships and managing the more complex cases. 

Mosac Background

Mosac has been delivering unique support services for the families of victims of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) for over 25 years. In a safe environment, we offer free services to families affected by CSA, all of whom are vulnerable with some being excluded, or facing other forms of hardship.  Mosac’s services include a national Helpline, Counselling, Play Therapy, Advocacy & Advice, Training and Email support services. We enable families to achieve and sustain an improved quality of life by rebuilding confidence, alleviating isolation, improving well-being and resilience, promoting inclusion and empowering individuals to move on with their lives, with the skills and knowledge to safeguard themselves and their children in the future.

Advocacy & Specialist Advice Service 

Our Advocacy Service was established in 2005 in response to a growing need from clients to provide advice and guidance on a range of issues including:

• Criminal proceedings, family court proceedings, CAFCASS and Social Services

• Preparing for interviews, medicals, court hearings, core assessments, psychological evaluations, case conferences and safeguarding frameworks

• Complaints procedures with Police, CPS, Social Services and others

• Liaising with professionals such as police, social services, teachers, legal professionals

• The safeguarding children framework and CAF (Common Assessment Framework)

• Supporting parents undergoing separation/ divorce as a result of allegations of sexual abuse: court hearings, financial restructuring, housing and school issues

• Supporting families requiring access to criminal or private compensation

• Emergency protection orders (primarily non-molestation and occupation)

• Emergencies such as breach of parole by offenders or victim suicide attempts

• Helping to reduce the likelihood of repeat victimisation and reducing the isolation experienced by families in this situation

• Attending Child Protection Conferences, Team Around the Child meetings

• Ensuring equality and accessibility for disadvantaged groups.

Role Description and Key Responsibilities

• Lead on the  transition of our advocacy service into a pro-bono legal advice department for individuals and families whose children have been sexually abused, from across England and Wales.

• Provide specialist pro-bono advice to individuals and families. 

• Work with the CEO to grow and develop the department by developing partnerships, raising additional funding and consulting with internal and external stakeholders to support service design. 

• Lead on the evaluation and monitoring of the department’s work 

• Work collaboratively with other Mosac Service Managers and existing clients to provide support that is tailored to suit the needs our clients

• Line manage legal experts and volunteers 

• Attending regular clinical Supervision, supported by Mosac

• Attending regular Mosac staff and team meetings

• Represent Mosac externally on TV, radio and through various media interviews, to help build relationships with influencers and key decision makers and to raise the profile of the Mosac pro-bono legal advice service. 

• Carrying out any other reasonable duties required from time to time by the charity

Person Specification:

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor or Barrister with a practicing certificate in England and Wales. You will have proven experience of working in UK family law.

• Experience of working with clients who have experienced high levels of trauma

• High level communication skills, including experience of communicating effectively across cultures and with diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing

• Excellent IT skills – with a good knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

• Excellent organisational and time management skills

Personal Attributes and behaviours

• Empathy with Mosac’s clients

• Ability to manage own/ joint workload and prioritise tasks

• Conscientious, resilient and self-disciplined

• Demonstrates the ability to build rapport with quickly and to understand needs, wants and expectations

• Ability to work to deadlines/targets for self and others

• Works effectively and calmly under pressure

• Attention to detail in all aspects of work

• Ability to work on own initiative

• Active team player

• Ability to guide, support and develop volunteers

• Non-judgemental

5 Temp Jobs - Investigators - 6 months contract - Health Regulator - Home working

Your new company

This organisation is an independent regulator of the UK's medical health professionals. They set the qualifications that these professionals must achieve to practice. They ask them to demonstrate this learning throughout their career and if standards are not adhered to, this regulator steps in to take action.

Your new role

You will have effective management of a varied caseload which requires you to plan, manage and prioritise your own investigation caseload to meet your department objectives and key performance indicators. You will identify the relevant regulatory concerns and appropriate investigative steps. You will take ownership of your cases and have an ability to provide case updates when requested, ensuring a timely delivery of completed investigations.
Liaise and escalate promptly with your manager and senior managers at key points during your investigation
Completion of investigations in a timely and outcome focused manner, meeting relevant quality standards.
You will deliver a people centred customer service approach to all members of the public. You will seek information relevant to your investigation from external stakeholders with confidence and act as an ambassador for the organisation.

What you'll need to succeed

You must have previous experience in investigation work. You will be competent in analysing information and making recommendations. You must be highly organised and have excellent time management. Demonstrable communication skills will be crucial both written and verbal, clear and articulate is key. This role is within a busy fast paced team and someone who can hit the ground running is required. Experience of taking witness statements is desirable but not essential.

What you'll get in return

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with a legal, paralegal, complaints or investigative casework background to work for an excellent health professional regulator.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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Introduction

The Old Vic is London’s independent not-for-profit theatre, a world leader in creativity and entertainment.

The Old Vic is mercurial: it can be transformed into a theatre in the round, a space for music and comedy, has played host to opera, dance, cinema, music hall, classical dramas, variety, clowns, big spectacles and novelty acts. It was the original home of the English National Opera, the Sadler’s Wells dance company and the National Theatre. It's also been a tavern, a college, a coffee house, a lecture hall and a meeting place.

All of this is now in the bones of the building, and is as important a part of its open-armed, inclusive, welcoming personality as its grand historic decor and the iconic performances and famous productions it has housed. 

Today, Artistic Director Matthew Warchus is building on 200 years of creative adventure, with The Old Vic recently being hailed as London’s most eclectic and frequently electrifying theatre. Under his leadership, we aim to be a surprising, unpredictable, ground-breaking, rule-breaking, independent beacon of accessible, uplifting and unintimidating art.

We hold the belief that theatre needs to be cherished, supported and shared with as many people as possible. Our 1000 seats are yours from £10 a ticket. Our productions are diverse, adventurous, new, exciting. Our education and talent programmes allow students to explore, and artists of tomorrow to create. Our building is open and alive, day and night. Our theatre is yours.

So, whether you’re looking for a comedy or new musical, a dramatic work or dance performance, a £10 preview, a late-night cocktail or a show you can watch together as a family, there is always something new to entertain at The Old Vic.

Our Culture at The Old Vic

There is a collective will to sustain an environment at The Old Vic that is safe, inclusive, welcoming and happy. We want our theatre to be a beacon of enlightenment, entertainment, engagement and empathy.

Our working culture at The Old Vic is open, proactive and collaborative. As an organisation, we prize creativity and the bravery to be led by that. We all bring passion and an entrepreneurial spirit to our roles.

Above all, The Old Vic is a values-led organisation. We have high standards and we operate with heart. We care very much about our audiences, our staff, the impact we have on societal and community issues, and about contributing a body of world-class work. We want to sustain and grow our theatre, but not by compromising our standards or values. Each day, we want people to be reminded of why they joined us, and the attraction, excitement and welcome they felt when they first arrived.

To maintain our values and workplace culture we created The Guardians Programme, in dialogue with our staff, which has now been adopted by more than 40 organisations across the UK. The Old Vic Guardians are a group of trained staff who offer a confidential outlet for colleagues to share concerns about behaviour or the culture at work. We additionally also hold annual  sessions where staff can discuss what behavior is ‘OK or Not OK’ at The Old Vic and this is used to inform our cultural statement.

General Counsel - Job Description

Department/Team Executive

Responsible to Executive Director

Contract Permanent, 3-4 days per week/0.6-0.8 FTE

Location: Currently remote. Ordinarily at The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB, although some long-term remote working will be considered

Hours: Core hours are 10 am – 6pm but we are open to discussing a flexible arrangement

Salary: £55-70k (pro rata), depending on skills and experience

Purpose of job

This is a broad in-house role. You will be sole legal counsel and Company Secretary for The Old Vic Group (comprising The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 and its subsidiaries and The Old Vic Endowment Trust) providing pragmatic, high quality legal, commercial and leadership advice for all aspects of the Group's affairs. You will be a senior adviser who can contribute to the direction and success of the charity acting as a member of the Senior Management Team. You will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities as charity trustees and in the governance and risk management of the Group.

Areas of responsibility

The General Counsel will be responsible for:

• Corporate governance, including company secretarial filings, Charity Commission filings, Board appointments and retirements, management of conflicts of interest, servicing of Board sub-committees and compliance with relevant governance standards and codes
• Management of risk, including support the Board in setting and reviewing the risk policy, maintaining the risk register and ensuring appropriate reporting and assurance, overseeing risk management in day-to-day operations.
• Day-to-day legal advice on all legal matters for the Group, including but not limited to contract drafting and commercial negotiation, media, charity, IP and data protection, GDPR, property, employment and company law
• Providing all necessary legal advice and guidance to internal stakeholders, including the Board and the Executive and Artistic Directors, to safeguard the Group’s assets and reputation
• Day-to-day contractual and operational support to all departments including but not limited to production, theatre management, development, communications and marketing and employment (including for unionised permanent and casual staff)
• With the other members of the Senior Management Team, leading The Old Vic and helping shape its future through contributing to the development and delivery of organisational design and culture, processes and systems development, staff recruitment, retention and development and other shared areas of work
• General regulatory advice on all matters affecting The Old Vic Group
• Working with department heads to ensure appropriate internal policies and procedures are in place and are understood by all staff, contractors and freelancers
• Working with department heads to ensure appropriate external policies and procedures are in place and are accessible to external stakeholders
• Acting as data protection officer including management of all matters relating to privacy and data protection
• Procuring and managing external solicitors and counsel as required (including where support is provided pro bono) and managing costs within budget to mitigate risk and resolve issues as and when these arise
• To take responsibility for any litigation or dispute matters that may arise and the general dealing of issues associated with the public (including complaints)
• Acting as a general reference point within the organization for legal queries and empowering others to better understand and assess legal risks
• To work flexibly as may be required by the needs of The Old Vic and to carry out any other duties that are reasonably required of this role

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the Theatre's management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level.

Person Specification

For this role, we are looking for a likeminded team player who is genuinely passionate about applying their legal expertise within the theatre industry.  Our environment offers a completely unique and rewarding experience for the right person.

The successful candidate will have several years' post-qualification experience as a qualified lawyer. Whilst we are wholly flexible about the background in which the legal experience has been achieved (private practice / in-house / government etc), in-house experience in a charity or performing arts/media/entertainment industry organisation would be desirable.

Regardless of prior background, the successful candidate will be enthusiastic about the arts and committed to ensuring that The Old Vic achieves its aims through providing thorough, appropriate and innovative legal and commercial approaches and through maintaining rigorous and effective legal and contractual processes and advice.

Essential

• A qualified lawyer with several years' post-qualification experience
• Strong and demonstrable all-round legal experience gained at least partly in house
• Experience of working with/for a charity in a voluntary or professional capacity
• Ability to work under pressure combined with a calm and measured approach
• Self-motivated and able to manage and prioritise competing demands  
• Strong drafting and negotiating experience
• A practical, problem solving approach
• Strong administrative, planning and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience of adapting and communicating legal advice clearly to stakeholders at both a senior and junior level
• Ability to work at pace and adapt to change

Desirable

• Strong academic background
• Private practice experience in a well-respected firm
• In-house experience in a media/ entertainment industry/cultural/not for profit organization/theatre client
• Demonstrably good drafting skills, ideally with broad experience of drafting a variety of contracts to a high standard.
• Corporate governance, company secretarial and/or risk management experience
• Charity law experience
• GDPR and data protection experience
• Experience of/interest in organizational leadership/senior management role

How to Apply

To apply for this role, please:

• Apply via our Application Portal.
• Attach a CV and short covering letter as one document to your application explaining why you are interested in this role and how your experience and skills match the person specification.

Please ensure one document is attached before hitting ‘Finish application’ or closing the page.

• Complete the online equal opportunities monitoring survey (found on our Work With Us page)

The deadline for applications is 31 January 2021.

We receive a high volume of applications. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of applying, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion and keep an eye out for future vacancies.

Please note: where we receive an unprecedented high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close applications early.

Equal Opportunities

We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled candidates.

We may take positive action, in cases where candidates are equally qualified, to increase the employment of under-represented groups at The Old Vic.

We don’t ask for our applicants to tick a box for any prior convictions at the application stage, to ensure we work to the Fair Chance Recruitment Principles. 

We are a PiPA (Parents and Carers in Performing Arts) Charter Partner, striving towards creating a more family friendly working environment.

We are also a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant which aims to provide support for care leavers aged 16-25 to help them to live independently.

The Old Vic has made a commitment that all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this job will be invited to interview. Please complete the Equal Opportunities Statement below to help us with this.

Access

We would love to hear from you in whatever way feels most appropriate to you. If you would like to access this application pack or submit your application in another format, we would be happy to speak to you about your needs. 

Appointments

All appointments are made subject to satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK

Senior Treasury Analyst

We are One Housing, and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Finance team is friendly, knowledgeable and we love what we do. We are proud of our expertise and passionate about the high-quality, service we deliver to all of our customers and stakeholders.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for- profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our Finance team as a Senior Treasury Analyst

Our Finance team play an important role in helping us to achieve our vision by supporting colleagues across the organisation to achieve the best value for money, pay for goods and services and understand complex financial information. Our finance specialists work across a number of teams including Corporate Finance, Financial Management and Procurement. Working collaboratively with colleagues we prize our accountability, empathy and a genuine desire to be helpful and informative.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Senior Treasury Analyst. Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining the treasury debt portfolio ensuring all records are accurate for the Group
• Working with treasury accountant to ensure that all treasury activity is correctly recorded in the Group’s systems. Providing daily reporting on the debt position of the Group to the Head of Treasury.
• Preparing and managing medium-term (monthly 60 months rolling) cash flow forecast. Producing a monthly cashflow forecast variance report.
• Reporting on treasury KPIs to Head of Treasury including projected liquidity, liquidity ratios, WACC and borrowing capacity. Updating and owning the development capacity report.
• Collating information and data in response to funder enquires, including compilation of Quarterly briefing notes.
• Ensuring that loan drawdown and rollover notifications/letters are drafted for approval and issued to group counterparties in line with the requirements as set out in the loan agreements.
• Providing support to Head of Treasury during arrangement of new banking or debt capital markets facilities.
• Monitoring performance against Treasury Management Policy parameters. Maintaining a database of external reporting and compliance requirements under the Group’s facilities.
• Preparing and reporting on financial covenants under the Group’s facilities. Co-ordinating and preparing regulatory returns.
• Adhering at all times to One Housing’s treasury management policy, ensuring this is embedded in all treasury operations that the post holder is responsible for and delivering all requirements required under the Policy.
• Ensuring that the Treasury Management System is kept up to date and maximum efficiencies are delivered from the system. Preparing and maintaining comprehensive procedure notes and records.
• Continually driving process improvement regarding all aspects of the Treasury function. Other treasury tasks
• Supporting a wide range of financial analytical tasks as they arise. Supporting treasury team activities as they arise. Supervising the Junior Treasury analyst and provide cover for this position

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:

• Employment experience in treasury, ideally with debt, debt capital markets and derivatives experience.
• ACT/CFA Qualified or actively studying towards the qualification.
• Strong Excel skills with ability to build and maintain complex financial models.
• Experience using Treasury Management Systems (desirable).
• Graduate degree first or 2:1 in a numerate or science subject.
• Analytical approach and a right first-time approach.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Self-motivated and comfortable with juggling multiple priorities.
• A “can do” attitude and desire to progress through a career in treasury.

The offer

Our [email protected] benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year. [not for statutory employees]
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.
• About us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our Finance team.

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights championing access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation. Our Legal Practice Unit provides advice and representation in child and family law, education law, community care law and asylum and immigration law.

Part of Coram’s growing Children’s Rights Centre, CCLC is co-located with Coram Voice, the specialist provider of advocacy services for young people in and leaving the care system, in the new Queen Elizabeth II Centre at the heart of our historic campus in Bloomsbury.

About the role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Solicitor specialising in Child and Family Law to work within the CCLC team. In this role you will provide legal advice, assistance and representation to children, young people, family members and carers through casework including private law cases where the child is made party to the proceedings and a guardian is instructed, care proceedings, pre-proceeding processes, adoption, special guardianship arrangements and disputes about child arrangements. You will be passionate about delivering high quality advice and client care and be committed to children’s human rights and supporting CCLC’s aims.

Applicants for the role need to be a qualified solicitor with significant experience of child and family law casework and be a member of the Law Society’s Children Law Accreditation Scheme (Children’s Panel).

We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff.  We will consider requests for alternative or flexible work patterns as well as part-time.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: 9am, Friday 12th February 2021

Interview date: To be confirmed

Coram Children’s Legal Centre is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 281222.

Senior Category Manager
Permanent
Full-time, 34.5 hours per week
Up to £57,000 per annum 
Dual London/Home

Are you passionate about delivering great procurement outcomes?  Are you a procurement leader who can influence at all levels, as a champion for procurement best practice? Do you want to use your skills and expertise to really make a difference and help support people living with cancer?

As a newly created role, will take the lead in developing and implementing an effective category management strategy across all areas of Macmillan's operational spend. You will be involved in a range of varied and complex projects, presenting opportunities to influence, build relationships and set the agenda for Macmillan’s approach to category management.

You will build strong working relationships with contract owners and stakeholders, providing expert advice and support to ensure that Macmillan adopts best practice. You will partner with the organisation to manage changes and deliver results by engaging with the leadership team, Macmillan’s PMO and the procurement and investment board, with support from your team and the Head of Procurement and Category Management.

About you
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Category Management and Procurement professional to gain valuable experience and insight into the complex purchasing world for one of the UK’s leading charities. You will have a proven background in implementing and managing successful category management, managing large and complex tenders, with experience of the full procurement life cycle. You can demonstrate excellent leadership, influencing and relationship building skills, working closely with stakeholders and suppliers to navigate processes and set the agenda for ways of working to deliver quality services.

About us
Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest and most loved charities in the UK. We support millions of people living with cancer in the UK live life as fully as they can by providing emotional, practical and financial support.

We commit to actively developing you in your career. You will also be eligible for several benefits which include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and gym membership.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Macmillan HR Team if you require support.

Senior Information Governance Officer (x2)
1 x Permanent
1 x Fixed Term (6 Months)
£28,000 - £30,000

Looking for an opportunity to drive information governance improvements, and make a real difference? Your contribution will help Macmillan achieve its goal of reaching and improving the lives of everyone affected by cancer.

What’s the role?
You will support the Head of Information Governance in developing and coordinating effective information governance across Macmillan Cancer Support to ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation , the Data Protection Act 2018, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations across Macmillan Cancer Support. 

You will provide a first point of contact for queries around how personal information should be handled, providing advice and guidance to stakeholders across the organisation. You’ll support the response to incidents, identify and assess information governance risks, and ensure that follow up actions are taken. 

You will conduct data protection impact assessments for new projects and support the development of key resources and activities such as policies and procedures, training and guidance documents. The role will require you to manage registers, logs and actions, process data subject access requests and undertake legitimate interest assessments. You will also provide advice and guidance on records management and information asset management.

What are we looking for?
This role would suit someone with experience or knowledge of information governance or data protection legislation looking for an opportunity to have a real impact, improve governance and associated processes and drive creative and effective solutions.

You must have experience in an a relevant or similar role, knowledge of best practice in the handling of personal data, and experience in providing advice and guidance in this area. You must have knowledge of the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation. You will have sound organisational, analytical and communication skills and are able to work with a wide range of stakeholders.

We commit to actively developing you in your career. You will also be eligible for several benefits which include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and gym membership.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Macmillan HR Team if you require support.