Legal & Compliance Associate

Octopus Legacy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work London Bridge

Flexible holiday

Birthday day off

Health & Life Insurance

Parental leave

Will & LPAs discounts

Cycle to Work

EV Salary Sacrifice

Charity match up to £500

Breakfast and snacks

Zusammenfassung

Octopus Legacy is seeking an experienced paralegal to join the in-house legal and compliance team in London. You will own information requests about wills, probate, data incidents and GDPR-related queries, reporting to the Head of Legal. This is ideal for someone ready to step up from a compliance role into an in-house position.

You will work in a lean team, handle deadlines, and help deliver training, risk assessments and regular compliance reporting across the business.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years in a legal, compliance or data protection role handling sensitive personal information and deadlines.
• Experience in wills, probate or contentious probate is desirable.
• Knowledge of UK GDPR and how wills files are prepared and challenged.

Aufgaben

• Log and acknowledge requests about wills and executor authority; verify standing or court order.
• Review files, coordinate statements, and draft responses.
• Escalate complex matters and maintain the matter log.
• Triage data incidents with teams and support risk assessments and ICO notifications.
• Handle access, erasure and other rights requests within statutory deadlines.
• Record incidents and reasoning in the breach register; conduct legal research.

Kenntnisse

Legal compliance

Data protection

Wills probate

Information requests

Risk assessment

Jobbeschreibung

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We’re on a path to scale, aiming to become a household name while transforming an outdated industry and helping our customers prepare for, and find support after, death.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

Founded by Sam after his mum died suddenly, we’re a group of people who work in death because we’ve been affected by it. We know the difference a good plan makes, and what it’s like when there isn’t one.

Death can come between us, leave mess, legal fees, frustration. But it can also make us stronger. We see a world where people talk openly about death, and work out the real meaning of legacy, one that connects to them. We’re here to make that world happen.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.