Property Lawyer

Oxfam

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous pension scheme

Annual leave

Additional leave allowances

Company sick pay

Life assurance

Learning & Development opportunities

Job summary

A leading non-profit organization is seeking a skilled Property Lawyer to join their Estates team in the UK. You will provide expert legal advice across the property portfolio, ensuring efficient estate management. Ideal candidates will be qualified solicitors with strong management skills and a commitment to the organization's values of empowerment and inclusion. This role offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including flexible working options.

Qualifications

Qualified property lawyer with a proactive mindset.
Ability to deal with a wide range of conflicting needs and demands.
Analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

Provide expert legal advice and support across the property portfolio.
Work closely with surveyors, support staff, and management.
Shape strategy and make informed recommendations.
Shape strategy and present recommendations that reflect Oxfam's values.

Skills

Practicing solicitor

Management & organizational skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong team working skills

Ability to work within Oxfam's values

Adaptability and flexibility

Education

Solicitor qualification

Job description

This range is provided by Oxfam. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for a skilled Property Lawyer to join our Estates team. In this vital role, you will provide expert legal advice and support across our property portfolio, helping to ensure efficient estate management that supports Oxfam’s mission.

You will work closely with surveyors, support staff, and the Head of Estates, offering technical guidance and legal expertise. You’ll also play a key role in shaping strategy, making informed recommendations that align with our organisational goals.

If you\'re a qualified property lawyer with a proactive mindset and a passion for purpose-driven work, we’d love to hear from you.

What we are looking for

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam\'s mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

Practising solicitor with in-depth knowledge of professional specialist area and appropriate experience to work autonomously.
Management & organisational skills and experience.
Analytical and problem-solving skills and experience.
Adaptable, flexible, able to deal with a wide range of conflicting needs and demands
Ability to work within Oxfam\'s values
Strong team working skills
Self-starter with ability to work in a fully delegated capacity

We offer

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

How to apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

Safeguarding, values and diversity

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of an international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

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