Senior Legal Advisor (Procurement & Fundraising)

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 99.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mencap seeks a Senior Legal Advisor to deliver high quality commercial contracts and documentation to support Procurement and Fundraising Teams across the organisation. The role requires drafting, reviewing and negotiating IT and procurement contracts while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with multiple directorates, attend monthly team meetings in Peterborough, and occasionally travel nationwide. In-house experience and a qualified solicitor/barister in England are preferred.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years PQE and experience in commercial contract law
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Solid awareness of GDPR provisions
• Experience and good technical expertise in contract law and IT agreements
• Experience and awareness of regulation affecting fundraising would be beneficial

Aufgaben

• Drafts robust commercial contracts and terms for procurement
• Reviews third party contracts and IT agreements
• Negotiates contracts and provides advice for Fundraising Teams
• Ensures regulatory compliance and monitors fundraising law changes
• Represents the Legal Services Team on panels and committees

Kenntnisse

PQE 5+ years

Drafting & negotiation

GDPR awareness

IT contracts

Fundraising regulation awareness

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister (England)

Jobbeschreibung

Commercial Contracts Lawyer (for Procurement contracts and Fundraising).

We have an exciting full-time, permanent opportunity for a Senior Legal Advisor to join our Legal Services Team. A small, dedicated team of Lawyers central to the work of Mencap across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We work closely with Mencap’s Teams and Directorates across the organisation to ensure that they operate safely and securely, and providing advice on complex issues.

At Mencap, we offer flexibility about where the role is undertaken. For this role, a presence in Peterborough is preferable where possible, but the individual would be required to attend team meetings in our Peterborough office once a month. Occasionally, it will be necessary to travel nationwide.

The Senior Legal Advisor willprovide high quality commercial contracts and documentation, advice and assistance to supportall Directorates across Mencap, as part of Mencap’s internal procurement process and Fundraising Teams.

The Senior Legal Advisorwill be required to work with different Teams and Directorates across Mencap to draft suitable and robustcommercial contracts (including IT contracts); and standard terms and conditions; or review third party’s contracts and terms. Similarly, will be required to negotiate contracts and provide advice for the Fundraising Teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance and radar scanning for changes in law which impacts fundraising.

The Senior Legal Advisorwill represent the Legal Services Team on a number of Panels and Committees, such as the Procurement Panel, and would be the lead point of contact with the Legacy Team.

Qualifications:

For this role you would need to be a Solicitor or Barrister qualified to practise in England (or comparable jurisdiction) preferably holding a practising certificate. Previous in-house experience would be viewed positively.

Essential key skills, experience & abilities required for this role:

• 5+ years PQE and experience in commercial contract law
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Solid awareness of GDPR provisions
• Experience and good technical expertise in contract law and IT agreements
• Experience and good technical expertise in and awareness of regulation effecting fundraising agreements would be beneficial
• Analytical thinker and problem-solving skills.
• Confident and effective communicator across all levels and understand how to share insights with stakeholders.
• Excellent time management and communication skills and strong collaborator
• Dynamic self-starter with a sound ability to manage your own workload.
• Commercially pragmatic, able to succinctly evaluate complex issues and deliver clear, focused advice