Solicitor Charity Colchester - £60,000 Hybrid working

ASHDOWN GROUP; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A nationwide charity is seeking a qualified Solicitor to join their legal team in Colchester. In this hybrid role, you will provide expert legal advice on commercial, property, and employment matters while ensuring compliance and managing legal risks. The salary is up to £60,000, plus 27 days of holiday and pension benefits.

Benefits

27 days holidays

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with experience in commercial law.
• Exposure to charity law, property law, and data protection legislation is beneficial.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on public law, commercial law, and charity regulations.
• Manage legal and regulatory risks and Legal Risk Registers.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory frameworks.
• Oversee property transactions and draft commercial contracts.
• Advise on employment contracts and manage disputes.
• Protect the charity's intellectual property.

Skills

Commercial law experience

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of charity law

Education

Qualified Solicitor

Job description

Solicitor – Charity – Colchester - £60,000 – Hybrid working

A well established, nationwide charity are looking for a qualified Solicitor to join their legal team.

This role will provide expert legal advice across the charity on commercial, property, employment and contract matters, whilst ensuring compliance with regulations and data compliance and managing legal risk. The successful candidate will evidence strong commercial experience alongside a general knowledge of other areas of law. External legal advisors will be consulted for matters of a more complex and specialist legal nature.

Working in Colchester - this is a Hybrid position with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home with flexibility around ad hoc meetings as required.

As a qualified Solicitor you will:

• Provide advice on broad legal issues, including public law, commercial law, intellectual property, and charity-specific regulations to support organisational strategy
• Identify, assess and manage legal and regulatory risks for the charity and managing the Legal Risk Registers
• Ensuring the organization complies with its statutory and regulatory framework
• Liaising with external legal advisors on matters of a more complex and specialist legal nature
• Overseeing property transactions, leases, and drafting of commercial contracts
• Advising on employment contracts, workplace policies, and handling any related disputes
• Protecting the charity's intellectual property, such as trademarks and copyrights

To be suitable for this role you will be a qualified solicitor with experience broad commercial law experience. Exposure to charity law, probate law, property law, conveyancing, employment law and tribunals, contract law, and data protection legislation would be beneficial. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex legal issues is essential.

The salary on offer for this role is up to £60,000 plus 27 days holidays (plus BH), pension scheme and other benefits.