Senior Professional Support Lawyer

Stone King; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a Professional Support Lawyer to join its Charity & Social Enterprise Team. This role involves supporting legal practices with insights on charity law, enhancing knowledge management, and delivering training. The ideal candidate is a qualified solicitor with expertise in charity governance and regulation. The firm values a purpose-driven approach and offers excellent benefits, including hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Profit Share Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life assurance (4 x salary)

Pension scheme

31 days holiday

Qualifications

• Significant experience in charity law.
• Strong expertise in charity governance and regulation.
• Excellent drafting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor legal developments and provide updates.
• Draft and maintain key precedents.
• Contribute legal expertise to client-facing projects.

Skills

Charity law expertise

Legal research skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualified solicitor in England & Wales

Job description

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About us

Stone King is an ambitious and purpose driven firm specialising in the Business & Social Enterprise, Charity, Education, Public, Faith and Private Client sectors. Our collaborative culture and core values are intertwined with our ethos of doing the right thing by our clients, communities, and our people. Our passion for the sectors we work in and the purpose-driven work we do with our clients has resulted in SK being recognised as a national leader in our specialist fields across the country.
The opportunity

We are seeking a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL) or Knowledge Lawyer to join our nationally recognised Charity & Social Enterprise Team. This key role focuses on supporting our market-leading charity law practice by enhancing technical excellence, legal knowledge management, and thought leadership. You will play a central role in ensuring our lawyers are equipped with the latest legal developments, precedents, training resources, and know-how to deliver exceptional service to clients across the charity and not-for-profit sector.

You will be joining a firm that places purpose and social impact at its core, with a deep and long-standing commitment to the charity and social enterprise space. The Charity & Social Enterprise team is known for its collaborative culture, values-led approach, and technical excellence in supporting many of the UK's most prominent charities, mission-driven organisations and philanthropists.

Reasons to apply

• We welcome ideas and perspective! This is a newly created senior role within our team, and we see it as an exciting opportunity to shape something impactful.
• Working at a market-leading practice for charity law work; our charity law expertise is ranked in the top tier in Charity law in Chambers and Partners nationally, and, for Charity & Not for profit, top tier in Legal 500 (London), Legal 500 (South West) and Legal 500 (Yorkshire & The Humber).
• Work with a passionate charity and social enterprise team dedicated to the charity sector, as well as deeply rooted in our work across the business and social enterprise, education and faith sectors in particular.
• Opportunity to become a pivotal member of our knowledge management team and make a meaningful impact on how legal services are delivered.
• Join a firm where our purpose-driven approach and values are at the heart of everything we do. We believe our people are our greatest asset and strive to create the best place to work.
• Excellent benefits for our people, with a focus on wellbeing and development at the forefront.
• Hybrid working - Stone King are proud to be signatories of the Mindful Business Charter as part of our commitment to mental health and wellbeing. We want to support all of our people in achieving a healthy work/ life balance and would be happy to speak with prospective candidates about flexible working arrangements.

Key responsibilities

General duties include, but are not limited to:

• Monitor legal and industry developments; provide timely internal updates and practical insights.
• Proactively identify knowledge gaps and work with stakeholders to address them, ensuring the continuous development of valuable and up-to-date content.
• Analysing and advising internally and externally as required on the impact of changes in the law, procedure or market practice and how they will impact work.
• Liaising with other teams regarding changes in the law or market practices, relevant to the team and which may provide opportunities.
• Drafting and maintaining key precedents.
• Capture and input key know-how into the firm's global knowledge systems and databases.
• Respond to ad hoc legal queries with clear, accurate, and prompt guidance.
• Play a key role in planning and delivering relevant training programmes across the team and more widely. Leverage internal resources and tools to produce engaging, high-quality materials and support ongoing legal education.
• Contribute legal expertise to client-facing projects, including presentations, alerts, webinars, and events.
• Devising and implementing a system for storing useful team knowhow.
• Facilitating knowledge sharing, for the team and with other teams where appropriate.
• Assist the firm to maintain a good and high profile within the Charity Law Association (we have had at least one member on the Executive Committee in recent years).
• Overseeing the production of Essentials (charity mailing) and devising and delivering client-facing knowledge products.
• Looking out for developments and opportunities across the key charity sub-sectors.
• Working effectively with the other PSLs, contributing to broader initiatives for knowledge and information management across the firm, eg finding internal and external experts, leveraging data, and implementing consistent knowledge sharing systems. Proactively engaging with the firm's artificial intelligence plans, where applicable.

Requirements

Essential

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent jurisdiction) with significant experience in charity law.
• Strong technical expertise in charity governance, regulation and (e.g. Charity Commission matters, CIOs, fundraising law, gift aid, trading, incorporation, mergers).
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and legal research skills.
• Demonstrated passion for knowledge management, legal training, or professional support work.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable

• Commercial awareness and client service mindset.
• Experience as a PSL or in a knowledge management role (not essential).

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Profit Share Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life assurance (4 x salary)
• Pension scheme
• 31 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)
• Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum

Closing date: 15 August 2025

Adverts normally close at midday on the closing date, however vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received. Therefore we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Stone King LLP is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity by encouraging all our staff to achieve their full potential and guaranteeing that all employment decisions are taken without reference to irrelevant information or discriminatory practices.

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