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40 Hours per week (5 days) / 52 weeks per year

Ideally based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. An alternative main office can be based in Bristol or West Midlands but will require travel to the Nailsworth Office 3 days per week.

We have an exciting opportunity for an English law qualified solicitor with circa 4+ years PQE to assist and support the Head of Legal Services to provide a pragmatic in-house legal advice service to the Ruskin Mill Trust Group and Ruskin Mill Land Trust Group and to support the mitigation of risk arising from any legal, regulatory, compliance or governance issues.

Main Duties will include:

• To provide a professional, effective and all-round support service to the Trustees and senior leaders of the Ruskin Mill Trust Group and Ruskin Mill Land Trust Group as required with an emphasis on property matters (The role will have access to external, specialist, professional advisers, where required).
• To take the legal lead on property matters across the Trust working with colleagues in the property team, assisting with legal matters arising from capital development projects, and managing property acquisitions as required
• To pro-actively network internally and externally and to identify and implement best practice through policy development.

For the full remit of the role, please view the job description.

You may be required to travel to other Trust sites and evening and weekend work may be required.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

Closing date: Sunday 1st June 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 10th June 2025 in Nailsworth

Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.

We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.