As a Charity Fundraiser what you will be doing is inspirational. You will be interacting with members of the Public and Employers to inspire them to donate, with a focus on driving donations and all forms of supporter engagement.

You will be responsible for the implementation, co-ordination, and promotion of events, campaigns, and appeals and you will complement both new and existing fundraising campaigns in order to maximise fundraising income generation.

If you feel you have the experience needed to succeed in this role and have a passion for helping people with life limiting illnesses, then this may be the perfect role for you.

Job Title:  In Memory Fundraiser

Team:  Fundraising

Specific Focus On:  Building, managing and nurturing relationships with donors to deliver the Hospice’s In Memory giving strategy

Starting Date:  March/April 2021

Reporting to:  Head of Fundraising

Usual Place of Work:  North London Hospice, London

Hours of Work:  37.5 hours per week 

Salary:  Circa £25,000 depending on experience

Closing Date:  19 March 2021
 

Background

We are the UK’s leading fundraising consultancy - with seven decades of experience managing successful annual, capital and legacy campaigns for thousands of charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Our clients recognise Compton as ‘the trusted name in fundraising’, thanks to the transformational contributions we make - even in today’s challenging operational and economic conditions.

We are looking for a new team member at North London Hospice (NLH) to help us to build, manage and nurture relationships with In Memoriam donors and networks. We expect all Fundraisers to be able to support the Hospice’s donors in the same, exceptional way as the clinical teams support patients. 

This role will be based at North London Hospice, in North Finchley (N12). We have worked with NLH since 2011.You will work alongside a team of Compton team members and hospice fundraisers. The In-Memory team is currently made up of two people, an In Memory Fundraiser and a Fundraising Assistant who work closely with the Head of Fundraising.

Job Summary

This position is designed to grow In Memory giving activity and income, specifically with our In Memory donors who are supporting us in recognition of a person we have cared for. This support may be through cash donations, or from In Memory campaigns and programmes such as our Tribute Tree and Tribute Funds.

Our In Memory stream raises circa. £350,000 each year and we hold a major Light Up A Life event in November and regular supporter cultivation events to encourage new giving.

This role demands first class interpersonal skills. Many of the families we deal with have been through a difficult period in their lives so the role requires experience of relationship management combined with a caring, empathetic approach and underlying administrative care and efficiency.

We are looking for a fundraiser with at least a years’ experience working in a fundraising team, who is used to working to financial targets and comfortable with working in an In Memory giving setting. 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Head of Fundraising on moving forward with a Donor Retention and In Memory Giving strategy, to maximise retention of donors and increase their giving.
   
• Deal with income enquiries from families who want to support the Hospice either through making a donation or selecting from our In Memory offering.

• Meet with recently bereaved relatives at the hospice and support them to donate and fundraise for the hospice.

• Develop and administer our Tribute Fund scheme and maintain excellent relationship with donors.

• Calmly deal with competing deadlines and be able to personally manage a busy workload.
   
• Initiating and maintaining excellent internal relationships, such as Fundraising colleagues, the Communications team, and the Hospice clinical teams.

• To inspire new supporters while maintaining and developing relationships with existing supporters. Identifying where possible, potential high net worth individuals and share these with the rest of the Fundraising team.

• To provide excellent donor care for all fundraising activity, including dealing with complaints and queries.

• To ensure that accurate and up to date records are maintained and accessible, including using Raiser’s Edge NXT.

Like most clients, North London Hospice sometimes hosts events which fall outside of office hours, as a vital member of the team we’d like the successful candidate to attend these events.

You will need to be prepared to travel throughout the area as required.

This summary outlines the main functions and responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties as required, commensurate with the level of the job.

If you would like to fast track your career by joining the UK’s leading fundraising consultancy, please submit your CV and up to two sides of A4, explaining why you are interested in this important role at NLH.

Location: North West (home-based)

Salary: Circa £26,000 (+ car allowance) 

Start date: 1st April 2021

Do you want to work for an organisation that helps critically ill babies and children? Does the prospect of building a fundraising pipeline and charity reputation excite you? Are you a passionate and dedicated fundraiser looking to join an innovative, inclusive and committed team? This could be the role for you! We are supporting this life-saving organisation assisting them in their search for a Community Fundraiser in the North West.

This role presents a hugely exciting opportunity to develop and nurture a fundraising pipeline across the North West region. You will be well supported in your role, but have the autonomy to develop and grow relationships, and in doing so raise the reputation of this fantastic organisation. With an exciting calendar of virtual events and a successful track record of corporate partnerships there is huge scope to grow and develop your fundraising network, offering supporters a wide variety of ways in which to engage with the charity. The role will be varied, interesting and hugely rewarding.

To be considered for this role you should come to us with proven experience generating income and building new relationships in a fundraising setting. You should be a strong and confident communicator, known for your ability to develop relationships with ease. Resilient, dynamic and resourceful, you should be able to work both autonomously and as part of a larger remote team and be committed to the cause of this fantastic life-saving organisation. Acting as brand ambassador for the charity in the region, it is imperative you are both passionate and engaging in order to enlist the support of those you approach. 

This role provides an opportunity to join an organisation in an invaluable capacity where you will, quite simply, be raising funds to enable more lives to be saved. The role is permanent and home-based involving travel across Manchester and Liverpool. The charity is inclusive and flexible with a focus on life balance so, although the role is advertised as full-time, for the right person we are able to consider reduced or condensed hours. The start date for the role is 1st April 2021 (but, again, flexibility with this may be possible).

To register your interest, or find out more, please apply directly or contact either Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons. The recruitment for this role is ongoing and the position will close when a sufficient number of suitable applicants have applied – early application is therefore advisable!

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition, and pregnancy.

About Us

We are the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays it's part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.

We are looking for a Community & Youth Events Coordinator to join our Yorkshire & North East (YNE) team on a 6 month Fixed Term basis. 

The role of Community & Youth-Events Coordinator is to support the Trusts strategic programme delivery through community and youth engagement, and local events, including Leeds Waterfront Festival. The post holder will build effective relationships with local communities/partner organisations to develop and deliver a variety of projects/interventions/activities for a range of people including young people (13 & 25 yrs old). 

This work will be delivered through both digital and face to face engagement - developing sessions and holding key events around Leeds and YNE generally. 

Location

This role is formally based from our Leeds office, however our teams continue to work from home currently whilst social distancing restrictions remain in place. It is important that applicants are able to work from their home location and travel where necessary until we are able to safely return to our Leeds based offices/HUBs.

DBS

This job involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, an Enhanced Criminal Record check will be undertaken by the successful candidate prior to employment. 

Responsibilities:

• To work with the Regional Team on the priorities for the region in-terms of community and youth engagement. 
• Support/deliver the region in delivery of local engagement events. 
• Identify and develop strong working relationships with a wide range of organisations in the designated areas.
• For Funded Projects complete and submit regular project monitoring and reporting in line with Lead Partner and Funder requirements.
• Display the Trust values and behaviours at all times.
• Ensure that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values.
• This job involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, an Enhanced Criminal Record check will be undertaken by the successful candidate prior to employment. 

About you:

You will have the following work experience:

• Worked with the community and/or young people, including developing and delivering practical tasks and activities.
• Tangible experience successfully delivering projects/events in partnership with other relevant organisations, both in person and/or digitally. 
• Knowledge of how to source and coordinate social action/volunteer projects.
• Understanding of project management, delivery, reporting and evaluation. 
• Working knowledge of issues relating to working with young people or vulnerable people including safeguarding.
• Worked within the Third Sector/Voluntary organisations is desirable.

Skills:

• Ability to deal effectively with a wide range of internal and external contacts.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that will transfer well to event organising. 
• High levels of energy and commitment.
• Ability and willingness to work evenings / weekends as required.
• Ability to work unsupervised and alone when appropriate.
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills, managing a diverse workload.
• Ability to manage budgets. 

As this role is on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Exception Order applicants must state the details of any cautions or convictions whether spent or unspent on the self-disclosure section of the application form.
This job involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, an Enhanced Criminal Record check will be undertaken by the successful candidate prior to employment.

A criminal record is not necessarily a bar to employment with us. HR will advise and decisions made on a case-by-case basis.

Application Timelines

Closing date:            23:59, 16 March 2021 

Interview date:         Week commencing 29 March 2021

Interview Location:  Due to social distancing requirements & government guidance our interviews are currently being conducted virtually using MS Teams.

What we Offer

In addition to your salary, you will receive access to a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, and numerous other employee benefits, including several salaries sacrifices benefits. We are also open to flexible working arrangements. Further details can be found online.

We aim to represent the diverse communities we are part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do.

Find out more about the work we do and opportunities we have on our website. 

Community transport operators have a great story to tell and it is CTA’s job to help them tell it and to support them to develop excellent services that can transform lives and communities. We champion, connect, support and grow a thriving community transport movement across all parts of the UK. 

The purpose of this role is to ensure that our members receive outstanding support and development, including advice, resources, training, forums and events to derive value from their membership. The post-holders collect data from member interactions to improve our services and help us better advocate for and champion community transport.  The role provides a valuable two-way communication channel with members to gather intelligence, promote membership, increase participation in CTA initiatives and market our services and products such as driver training, permits etc.

The work of this post is primarily delivered through grant-funded programmes and, on occasions, separately commissioned projects.

Please see the Recruitment Pack attached for more detailed information about the role and our organisation.

Your application should include:

1. A personal statement that demonstrates how you meet the requirements set out in the ‘Experience’ section of the Person Specification and what you think you will bring to the role.
2. An up to date, detailed CV including all relevant employment history and expertise
 

The Supporter Engagement Officer - Community is responsible for inspiring and mobilising support from local communities to raise money and manage these relationships for the long term, providing an outstanding supporter experience.

Job Title: Supporter Engagement Officer / Community

Location: Remote working plus attendance at DAA HQ, Harrington Lane, Exeter

Reports to: Supporter Engagement Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £28,000 per annum FTE

About Devon Air Ambulance

We're motivated by shared values as well as the knowledge that our work makes a real difference to people's lives.  Because of our values and culture, we believe it's important to attract, develop and inspire our staff. We give our team lots of opportunities to grow and develop.

We are a Living Wage Employer and hold a Silver Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, awarded to employers who wish to pledge their intention to support Defence and take a positive stance towards employing personnel who are or were members of the Armed Forces community.

RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Communications and Relationships

• Provide fundraising advice and guidance to individuals and groups raising money.
• Build and steward relationships with key individuals and groups to secure future income and support.
• Work with the Legacy Manager to include volunteers in a legacy programme as advocates and prospects.
• Work with fundraising and communications colleagues to include inspiring community fundraising stories in a range of media, e.g. Helipad magazine, website, social media, e-newsletters, including as part of supporter journeys.
• A natural ambassador for DAA in all interactions with colleagues, the public, suppliers and other services.

Knowledge and Experience

• Understanding of the potential for community fundraising across many channels, including digital, and other income streams.
• Compliance with the Code of Fundraising Practice, data protection and other legislation, Gambling Commission and other regulators, Gift Aid.
• Planning and delivering high volume events and stewarding relationships with participants to provide an outstanding experience.

Training and Qualifications

• Numerate with good IT skills and able to analyse and evaluate data.
• A commitment to continuous professional improvement and development.
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
• This role will involve a reasonable amount of travel around the county therefore a full driving licence is essential and access to a vehicle desirable for anyone living outside Exeter. Pool cars are available.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Create an annual plan to test and deliver new activities, including for Air Ambulance Week, and grow existing ones, working with the Volunteer Manager where appropriate.
• Develop and manage fundraising materials for a range of target audiences and activities.
• Create and test new products and approaches.
• Test and evaluate the roll out of contactless donations across different locations and activities.
• Work in partnership with volunteers to ensure their fundraising, and attendance at events and activities, is effective and efficient.
• To manage and evaluate attendance at shows, coordinating relevant staff and volunteers around key fundraising and engagement objectives.

Creative and Intellectual Effort

• Researching, writing and designing various fundraising packs and campaigns that engage different audiences, working with communications colleagues across multiple channels.
• Work with patients, their families and friends to tell their stories as part of their fundraising.
• Keep abreast of community fundraising activities in order to identify potential new trends or transferable initiatives.

Emotional Effort

• Occasional exposure to emotional circumstances by working with patients on their stories.

Physical Skills and Effort

• This role will require occasional light or moderate physical effort, i.e. manual handling of fundraising resources.
• Standard keyboard skills.

Accountability, Autonomy and Judgement

• Assessing fundraising potential of individuals and groups.
• Using judgment to manage own workload, evaluate and prioritise activities and relationships with the best potential return.
• Autonomy to try new activities and approaches to develop community fundraising within agree parameters such as budget and risk.
• Risk assessing community fundraising activities, including using on-the-spot judgment during events.
• Ability to make sound decisions based on options appraisal in order to inform future plans.

Financial, Physical and Information Resources

• Responsible for delivering against financial and non-financial objectives for community fundraising.
• Responsible for the efficient and effective use of fundraising resources and collateral.
• Following up with fundraisers so income raised is paid into the charity.
• Safe and secure transfer of cash, following agreed procedures.
• Providing regular reports and updates on progress against objectives.
• Access to and handling of sensitive personal data.

Policy and Service

• Operate at all times within the Health & Safety Policy and adhere to safe working practices at all times.
• Contribute to development of policy within community fundraising.

Working Conditions

• This role will involve occasional lengthy use of VDU and minimal exposure to unpleasant working conditions.

Leadership and People

• Works collaboratively internally and externally, including with volunteers.
• Briefing and training volunteers when necessary, providing expert guidance and making decisions on appropriate activities to attend in line with expected return.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in line with the culture of the organisation.

Our parks have proven crucial to communities throughout the pandemic - they have been real lifelines for so many. We are the second parks foundation to form in the UK and this role will be crucial in delivering our strategy to make Bristol and Bath's parks better places to meet, play, learn, grow, breathe and enjoy nature. 

As our first fundraiser you will lead the review, prioritisation and delivery of our fundraising strategy to develop and grow our income across multiple channels to meet agreed targets, identifying and maximising all opportunities keeping a close eye on return on investment. 

You will be energetic and ambitious with a demonstrable track record of generating income across a range income streams. Ideally you will have experience of either building relationships with major donors, corporates or of public fundraising. You will oversee the whole fundraising portfolio and manage consultants to support delivery as required. 

You will be joining a small and dynamic staff and volunteer team with an impressive board of Trustees. It is crucial that you are a team player, willing to get involved to support wider organisational priorities, just as we will to support your work. 

We are looking for someone with a proven track-record of successfully leading fundraising initiatives, who has a entrepreneurial mindset and who loves working with Bristol and Bath's brilliant communities.

We are offering an 18 month contract and will consider 3 or 4 day a week contracts, job share applications and we support flexible working.

For an informal conversation about this role, please email our Director, Charlee Bennett.

Home Based within the East Midlands region

About us

Our vision is to save everyone. It may take us a long time to get there, but drowning is preventable, and we believe that even one drowning is one too many. We are all lifesavers. We are all fundraisers. This is our watch.

We’re looking for the best of the best to be part of our RNLI crew in the North and East region. This is an exciting new role that is people focused, making sure our engagement volunteers and supporters feel part of the RNLI family, and are appreciated and supported in everything they do. You will be helping us brave the storm and empowering our volunteers in their engagement activities, from raising money, creating visitor experiences, developing our retail offering as well as looking for new audiences and opportunities. This role covers primarily Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.

Some of the benefits

• A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
• Flexible working
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cash plan

Your Role

As a Community Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Being connected to the RNLI community in your area and the primary point of contact for all things engagement (fundraising, retail and visitor experience)
• Empowering volunteer engagement crew to do what they do best, engaging the public, sharing our RNLI vision and growing support for our cause
• Supporting volunteer engagement crew to achieve key income, footfall and contact goals and seeking ways to engage new audiences
• Being part of an amazing regional team, working collaboratively to shape the future of RNLI engagement and provide an outstanding level of care to staff, volunteers and supporters

About You

You’ll be:

• A people person, that can interact with a wide number of different volunteers, branches, groups, individuals and businesses
• Inspiring and empower engagement activity in your area, tackling challenging goals
• Able to work as part of a high performing team, but equally confident working independently, out and about in your area
• Passionate about making a real difference for our volunteers and supporters and growing support for our cause

To be considered as the Community Manager, you will need:

• Significant experience of engaging supporters, volunteers and the general public
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• People leadership experience, ideally in leading volunteers in a collaborative environment
• Experience of seeking out and implementing new opportunities for improved performance

Please note this role requires a significant level of travel within the East Midlands region but will also require occasional travel to other RNLI assets including our regional office in Ipswich and our support centre in Poole.

If this sounds like you, please apply via the button shown.

Closing date: 14 March 2021.

Interview date: w/c 22 March 2021.

The Wales Fundraising Manager will work closely with the Wales National Manager to secure Sported’s future in Wales. The role will develop a broader, more diverse income portfolio and funding which fully supports our activity in the Nation.

The successful candidate will need to hit the ground running, generating a target income of £200k in year 1 and securing multi year relationships with funders across the spectrum of trusts, foundations, lottery and corporate partnerships.

Whilst the main focus of the role is to generate direct income for Sported (75% of time), the role will also focus on generating revenue for our network of groups (25% of time), securing funding for distribution via grants into the Wales Sported network, building capacity and capability to more readily access funding.

This role is funded through the THIRD SECTOR RESILIENCE FUND FOR WALES PHASE 2, administered by WCVA

The Supporter Data and Insight Manager will work with the Head of Fundraising to establish and develop a supporter services team that delivers an outstanding experience.

The Supporter Data and Insight Manager is responsible for developing and managing the CRM database and ensuring the integrity of the data.  They have responsibility for delivering actionable insights that inform the charity’s supporter-facing teams and their campaigns.

Job Title: Supporter Data and Insight Manager

Location: Remote working plus attendance at DAA HQ, Harrington Lane, Exeter

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £35,000 per annum FTE

About Devon Air Ambulance

We're motivated by shared values as well as the knowledge that our work makes a real difference to people's lives.  Because of our values and culture, we believe it's important to attract, develop and inspire our staff. We give our team lots of opportunities to grow and develop.

We are a Living Wage Employer and hold a Silver Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, awarded to employers who wish to pledge their intention to support Defence and take a positive stance towards employing personnel who are or were members of the Armed Forces community.

RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Communications and Relationships

• Able to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both internal and external, communicating effectively with non-technical people.
• Very good interpersonal, communication and customer care skills and ability to liaise with colleagues, volunteers, the general public and external organisations.
• Be an ambassador for DAA in all interactions with supporters, suppliers, volunteers and the public.
• Participate in team and office meetings and build strong working relationships within and outside of the Fundraising team.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of database management, preferably in a fundraising or similar environment.
• Experience of devising and implementing training for database users.
• Experience of managing the transition to/implementation of a new CRM system.
• A track record of improving the effectiveness of database processes.
• Experience of setting up and/or managing a supporter services or similar function would be advantageous
• Strong knowledge of data protection legislation and all regulations as they affect charities.
• Act as a source of expertise within the charity for supporter data analysis.

Training and Qualifications

• Project management qualification, e.g. Prince 2.
• A commitment to continuous professional improvement and development.
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Advanced database skills including data mining, segmentation, running reports, queries and mailing files, preferably gained in a fundraising or similar environment.
• Ability to devise, implement and monitor data entry protocols.
• Ability to interrogate complex data and draw conclusions from the results.
• Support the Head of Fundraising and the wider supporter-facing teams in the development of standardised reporting against KPIs.
• Strong analytical skills.

Creative and Intellectual Effort

• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Produce regular reports on key performance areas.
• Generation of new ideas and/or creative adaptation of existing activities.
• Support an evidence-driven foundation for a relationship fundraising approach by providing relevant analysis, such as the development of supporter lifetime value, key points of attrition and cross-over metrics.
• Develop strategies that consider immediate and long-term requirements for data management.

Emotional Effort

• Very occasional exposure to emotional circumstances.

Physical Skills and Effort

• This role will require occasional light or moderate physical effort, i.e. manual handling.
• Standard keyboard skills including touch-typing.
• This role will involve a reasonable amount of travel around the county therefore a full driving license is essential and access to a vehicle desirable for anyone living outside Exeter. Pool cars are available.

Accountability, Autonomy and Judgement

• Autonomy to use own judgment and expertise insofar as this affects own area, the Fundraising team and wider community of CRM users.
• Establishing new team and function for database management and supporter services.
• Responsible for delivering against data and insight objectives.
• Work independently and account for results of self and others.
• Ability to make sound decisions based on options appraisal in order to inform future plans.

Financial, Physical and Information Resources

• Providing regular reports and updates on team progress against objectives and accountable for own and others’ results.
• Responsibility for overseeing supporter-facing CRM data accuracy and integrity. Access to and handling of personal data including sensitive data.
• Working with key internal stakeholders to develop a rationale for the segmenting and use of supporter data, ensuring appropriate exclusions are utilised.
• Establish the mapping of standard imports into the CRM, improving the efficiency of key processes and delivering training to supporter services assistants.
• Act as a reference point for the implementation of compliant data capture mechanisms, ensuring all supporter data captured is evidenced by source in the CRM database.
• Manage and oversee relationships externally and internally to ensure the security and quality of supporter data is protected.
• Working with the Head of Fundraising and other key stakeholders to develop, implement and evaluate suitable configuration for the CRM database.

Policy and Service

• Responsible for establishing and developing new areas of work for the charity.
• Contribute to development and review of related policies and procedures for safeguarding data integrity and security as well as cross-departmental policies.
• Responsible for prompt and effective handling of enquiries providing an outstanding service experience for both internal and external end users.

Working Conditions

• This role will involve occasional lengthy use of VDU and minimal exposure to unpleasant working conditions.

Leadership and People

• Line management, supervision, development and support to supporter services and data team, including performance improvement where necessary.
• Leadership, training and support, beyond immediate team, for users of supporter-facing database.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in line with the culture of the organisation.

Legal Manager, EMENA, TrustLaw

Job Description

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced lawyer to co-lead the TrustLaw service in EMENA. We are seeking a pro bono associate or pro bono counsel to join the team on a permanent basis.

About Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.

TrustLaw

TrustLaw is the world’s leading pro bono legal service. The service and wider programme helps high-impact NGOs and social enterprises to grow, streamline their operations and navigate complex laws and regulations by connecting them with free legal assistance from the best law firms and corporate legal teams around the world. We also deliver ground-breaking legal research on key social and policy issues that our members use to support their advocacy and law reform efforts, and we deliver innovative capacity-building workshops for practical guidance on legal issues.

About the Role 

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is recruiting a Legal Manager for TrustLaw for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) to Co-lead team, resources and priorities for the EMENA region and co-devise, implement, and project manage regional strategies and plans. 

As a Legal Manager, EMENA for TrustLaw, you will:

• Contribute to TrustLaw global annual strategy. 
• Oversee regional portfolio of law firms and corporate legal teams, and interact with referral partners, NGOs, social enterprises and other key stakeholders.  
• Scope and manage pro bono requests from our community of NGOs and social enterprises.
• Design, scope and manage multiple cross-border legal research projects. 
• Oversee and carry out TrustLaw core service tasks in the EMENA region 
• Support thought leadership, including the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono and TrustLaw training courses. 
• Support donor funded TrustLaw projects in EMENA.
• Represent TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation by speaking publicly on our work at panels, conferences, or other speaking engagements. 

Depending on experience, it is possible the following elements may be part of the role as well: 

• Lead on review of legal projects drafted by the global team to ensure consistency and high quality. 
• Support Head of Legal in oversight of strategic legal research and M&E for the core legal service.  
• Line manage the TrustLaw Programme Coordinator.

The candidate

• A qualified lawyer with 5+ years of work experience, strong legal drafting skills and experience in pro bono.
• Experience working in or with the non-profit, philanthropic or social enterprise sectors.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in media freedom, inclusive economies and/or human rights.
• Experience practicing within a law firm or in-house would be favourable.
• Experience managing a team and with global working arrangements.  
• Fluent in English, with excellent writing skills and extensive public speaking experience. Other languages favourable (e.g. French, Spanish or Arabic). 

This is a full-time role based in London and will involve international travel (when safe to do so). Salary is commensurate with the social sector and level of experience.  

What’s in it for you

At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair and informed.
• A Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world class; we combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity. 
• Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.
• Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.website 

Locations
London-United Kingdom