Solicitor/Cyfreithiwr

TNL Community Fund; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Lottery Community Fund is seeking a Solicitor to join its in-house legal team. The role covers a broad range of matters including grant making, contracts, procurement, charity, litigation, insolvency, subsidy control, debt recovery and public law.

You will research quickly, upskill on new areas, and help improve internal processes while ensuring compliance. The role offers hybrid working from UK offices, including Cardiff.

Qualifications

• UK qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent.
• At least two years' relevant experience in private practice or in-house.
• Excellent attention to detail and good drafting and negotiation skills.
• Good communication and client management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple demands and priorities with good organisational and time management skills.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to use your initiative to proactively improve ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice across areas including grant making, contracts, procurement, charity, litigation, insolvency, subsidy control, debt recovery and public law.
• Research and upskill swiftly on new areas of law and apply knowledge to internal processes and precedents.
• Deliver autonomous work with timely responses; collaborate on larger projects when opportunities arise.
• Support the in-house legal team with broader matters as needed; work with colleagues across the organisation.

Skills

UK-qualified solicitor

Client management

Attention to detail

Drafting

Negotiation

Time management

Teamwork

Education

UK-qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

About The Role

At The National Lottery Community Fund, we are driven by our strategy, 'It starts with community' and its four community-led missions, as well as our equity-based approach to tackling poverty, discrimination and disadvantage.

We have an opportunity for a Solicitor to join a large team of thirteen, with no line management responsibilities. We are a fast paced in-house legal team which works on a very broad range of matters.

Role Expectations

The successful candidate will be required to provide legal advice across areas of law including but not limited to grant making, contracts, procurement, charity, litigation, insolvency, subsidy control, debt recovery and public law.

In addition to providing substantive advice, the role requires a solicitor to be able to research and upskill on new areas of law very swiftly. It is also expected that the solicitor will use their legal knowledge to help improve the Fund's internal processes and precedents, as well as ensuring that the Fund complies with statutory and regulatory frameworks at all times.

The bulk of the solicitor's workload will consist of autonomous matters and legal queries. These will need to be answered in a timely manner. Support and supervision is always available and the legal team works on a very collaborative basis. The solicitor will also work with colleagues on larger scale projects when the opportunity arises.

Experience working in a busy in-house or private practice environment would be ideal, as would experience dealing with a range of clients, and experience with public law or public bodies. Knowledge of debt recovery/litigation and subsidy control law would be beneficial, as would experience gained in the UK.

Interview Details

Interview Date: Week Commencing 5th October 2026

Format: Virtual

Location: Can be based anywhere in the UK - We have a hybrid approach to working. Work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and Newcastle.

Essential criteria

• UK qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent
• At least two years' relevant experience in private practice or in-house legal in a medium/large sized organisation
• Excellent attention to detail and good drafting and negotiation skills
• Good communication and client management skills
• Ability to manage multiple demands and priorities with good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to quickly grasp new legal concepts
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to use your initiative to proactively improve ways of working

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone - therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That's why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)