Member Job Opportunity: Action for Children - Senior Lawyer

Salary: Competitive, subject to experience
Location: London with remote working
Contract Type: Fixed Term Full Time
Closing Date: 17 August 2022

---

​Although the Action for Children Legal team is based in London, hybrid working arrangements including a remote working element are offered 4 days a week. 1 day a week in this role would be spent in our Holborn office.

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 31st September 2023 – 35 hours a week Full Time 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

Perks: Annual leave of 29 days PLUS public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, up to 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands!

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Action for Children. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know…

About Us
At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. We're committed to ensuring that every child is given the opportunity to thrive. We protect and support vulnerable children, young people and their families by giving them the practical and emotional care and support they need.

A maternity cover fixed term contract opportunity has arisen within our Group Legal Team. The successful candidate will report to the General Counsel and work as part of the in-house Action for Children Legal Team, which provides strategic legal advice and assistance to the Action for Children Group on a full range of in-house legal issues, including employment law, corporate governance, commercial contracts, data protection and property matters, amongst others.

Essentially, the role will be deputising to the Manager to the Head of Legal Services.

The ideal candidate must be:

• Able to work independently managing a dynamic and varied caseload.
• Have the ability to advise confidently on a wide variety of non-contentious and contentious employment matters, including employment law strategy, TUPE, redundancy, employment law aspects of acquisitions, tribunal claims, disciplinary and grievance matters, sickness absence management, contracts and policies, family rights and investigations.

The successful candidate must be:

• Qualified to practice in England and Wales, however experience of managing external legal suppliers and/or advising directly in cross-jurisdiction areas such as Scotland, Northern Ireland or Ireland would be advantageous.
• Experienced in in-house Legal work and/or advising on non-employment matters, such as commercial contracts, property, charity law and/or fundraising regulation will also be an advantage, but is not strictly required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who is looking to progress to the next stage of their career, with opportunities to develop, for example by participating and leading on strategic legal projects, supervising junior team members, and designing and delivering training.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to understand and have a commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Application Process: There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. Top Tip... Refer to the job description when writing your Supporting Statement.

Talent Pool: We'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: [email protected] who works in our recruitment team, she will be happy to support with your application.

Full details and application documents here