Chief Legal & Company Secretary (Charity)

SAVE THE CHILDREN; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent children's charity in London seeks a General Counsel and Company Secretary to lead legal, governance, and risk functions. This pivotal role involves providing strategic advice to senior leadership and ensuring compliance with charity laws. The ideal candidate is an English-qualified lawyer with experience in corporate governance and in-house legal roles. The organization offers remote-first working arrangements and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Focus on employee well-being

Qualifications

• Extensive senior legal, governance and risk leadership experience.
• Managing a team and working with senior executives and trustees.
• Understanding of human rights law and child-rights based law is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal, regulatory and governance advice.
• Lead and motivate the Legal, Enterprise Risk and Company Secretariat teams.
• Serve as Company Secretary to ensure robust governance.
• Oversee enterprise risk management and internal audit functions.
• Support organisational transformation and innovation.

Skills

Charity and fundraising laws

Corporate governance

Commercial contracts

Intellectual property

IT law

Problem-solving skills

Excellent communication

Relationship-building skills

Education

English qualified lawyer

Job description

A prominent children's charity in London seeks a General Counsel and Company Secretary to lead legal, governance, and risk functions. This pivotal role involves providing strategic advice to senior leadership and ensuring compliance with charity laws. The ideal candidate is an English-qualified lawyer with experience in corporate governance and in-house legal roles. The organization offers remote-first working arrangements and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.