Legal & Compliance Associate

octopuslegacy; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working (London Bridge)

Health & Life Insurance

Pension scheme

Flexible holiday

Extra day off for Birthday

Work from anywhere in the world (4 wks

Free Will & LPAs + discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Charity matching (£500)

Entrepreneurial bootstrapping support

Dog friendly office

Breakfast & snacks

Résumé du poste

Octopus Legacy is seeking an experienced paralegal to join our in-house team, reporting to the Head of Legal. You will own information requests about wills, personal data incidents, data subject requests and ongoing cross-company inquiries.

The role is ideal for a paralegal advancing to in-house work, with emphasis on compliance, data protection, and legal research in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a legal, compliance or data protection role.
• Experience handling sensitive personal information.
• Managing a caseload to deadline.
• Knowledge of wills, probate or related areas is desirable.
• Clear communicator who can explain legal concepts to non-lawyers.

Responsabilités

• Log and coordinate information requests about wills and court orders; confirm requester authority.
• Review files, coordinate statements, and draft substantive responses to requests.
• Escalate complex matters and maintain the compliance matter log.
• Triage data incidents with teams; assist with risk assessments and ICO notifications.
• Handle access, erasure and other rights requests within statutory deadlines.

Connaissances

Legal experience

Data protection

UK GDPR knowledge

Caseload management

Description du poste

The Company

We're Octopus Legacy: one of the fastest growing tech companies in the country, part of the UK's most exciting and best-trusted group (you may have heard of some of our sister companies...) and we have a mission.

We're on a path to scale, aiming to become a household name while transforming an outdated industry and helping our customers prepare for, and find support after, death.

But we can't do it alone, and that's why we're assembling a team of top performers to build with us.

Ready to be part of something big?

The Role

The successful candidate will operate Octopus Legacy's day-to-day compliance work, with oversight from, and reporting directly to our Head of Legal. They\'ll own the process of information requests about how wills were prepared, personal data incidents, data subject requests, and the steady flow of questions from across the business.

This role is ideal for an experienced paralegal looking to take the next step into an in-house role.

Key Responsibilities

• Log and acknowledge requests about how a will was prepared, confirming the requester's standing and executor authority (or a court order);
• review the relevant file, coordinate consultant statements, and draft substantive responses to such requests;
• escalate complex, high-value or unusual matters, and keep the matter log current;
• triage data incidents with the teams involved; support risk assessments and drafting notifications for sign-off to the ICO or affected data subjects where required;
• handle access, erasure and other rights requests within statutory deadlines (one month, extendable in limited cases);
• Record every incident and the reasoning behind each decision in the breach register, whether reported or not.
• Conduct legal research on issues relevant to the business.
• Handle access, erasure and other rights requests within statutory deadlines
• Deliver short training and answer day-to-day queries from teams.
• Produce a regular compliance report on volumes, deadlines, trends and open risks
• Assist the legal and compliance function in ensuring the company complies with applicable laws and regulations.

Who Are You?

• 3+ years in a legal, compliance or data protection role;
• handling sensitive personal information;
• managing a caseload to deadline;
• experienced in wills, probate or contentious probate work, including Larke v Nugus requests (desirable but not essential);
• You have working knowledge of UK GDPR and understanding of how will files are prepared and why they get challenged;
• Interest in compliance (legal, regulatory, or operational);
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and meticulous record-keeping skills
• Comfortable working in a lean team and wearing multiple hats
• Clear communicator who can break down legal concepts for non-lawyers

Our Mission

When people think about planning for death they think about wills, life insurance and funerals. We take these cold processes and turn them into something more human. Share more than money: leave voice notes, music, recipes. Shape a legacy that connects you while you\'re here. And after you\'re gone.

Benefits

• Octopus share incentive scheme.
• Hybrid working (London Bridge).
• Flexible holiday + extra day off for your Birthday.
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per year.
• Health & Life Insurance.
• Pension scheme.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Free Will & LPAs + discounts on other Octopus services.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and access to the Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Octopus Giving: we match any charitable fundraising that you do up to £500.
• Octopus Springboard: where we help our employees become fully-fledged entrepreneurs .
• Dog friendly office.
• Breakfast every day, snacks and wellness activities.

We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Octopus Legacy is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.