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Colchester, Essex (Hybrid)
£60,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

There when it matters

Sue Ryder have an exciting opportunity at Sue Ryder to join the dedicated legal team as our fully qualified Senior Solicitor.

This role will provide expert legal advice across the charity on commercial, property, employment and contract matters, whilst ensuring compliance with regulations and data compliance and managing legal risk.
The successful appointment will evidence strong commercial experience alongside a general knowledge of other areas of law. External legal advisors will be consulted for matters of a more complex and specialist legal nature.
Working in Colchester this is a Hybrid position with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home with flexibility around ad hoc meetings as required.

About the role:

  • Providing advice on broad legal issues, including public law, commercial law, intellectual property, and charity-specific regulations to support organisational strategy
  • Identifying, assessing, and managing legal and regulatory risks for the charity and managing the Legal Risk Registers
  • Ensuring the organization complies with its statutory and regulatory framework.
  • Liaising with external legal advisors on matters of a more complex and specialist legal nature.
  • Overseeing property transactions, leases, and drafting of commercial contracts.
  • Advising on employment contracts, workplace policies, and handling any related disputes.
  • Protecting the charity's intellectual property, such as trademarks and copyrights.
  • use initiative to analyse legal challenges, identify solutions, and make informed decisions in complex and ambiguous situations.
  • High degree of analysis, problem-solving, and initiative.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, legal team members, and external partners to develop strategies, set priorities, and achieve legal objectives aligned with the charity's mission and goals.
  • Participating in committees/project groups.



About you:

  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex legal issues
  • Committed to continuous professional development and staying abreast of evolving legal trends, regulatory changes, and industry best practices to inform decision-making and drive charity success.
  • Strong proficiency in navigating relevant legislation impacting retail within a charitable context.
  • Good understanding of property law. Commercially astute and pragmatic with the ability to focus on charities needs to provide practical and robust advice.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders and convey legal concepts to non-legal audiences.
  • Demonstratable ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing circumstances in a fast-paced environment.
  • Demonstratable expertise in legacy management, with a proven track record of managing estate administration, legacy gifts, and charitable bequests in accordance with legal requirements and best practices.
  • A general understanding of legacy management, and estate administration, legacy gifts, and charitable bequests in accordance with legal requirements and best practices.


Minimum Essential criteria:

  • Qualified solicitor with experience in charity law, probate law, property law, conveyancing, employment law and tribunals, contract law, and data protection legislation.
  • Data Protection Certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT or their equivalents from other certification bodies.


Desirable criteria:

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.

We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date should we feel we have a sufficient number of suitable applications.

Benefits

  • Company pension scheme
  • 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
  • Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop
  • Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.


We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process

If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.

Application resources
Posted by
Sue Ryder View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size More than 1000
Posted on: 10 November 2025
Closing date: 28 November 2025 at 23:30
Job ref: 7877
Tags: Advice / Information, Policy, Legal / Law, Operations, Insights, Governance / Management