Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a lawyer to join Comic Relief for six months! You will have the opportunity to get stuck into a wide variety of matters. Depending on your background, the key focus of your work will be on charity, media and/or technology related matters. As Legal Counsel, you will be a key member of the Legal Team. We are a small team of four (including this role), consisting of a Head of Legal, another Legal Counsel and a Paralegal. Being part of a small team, you will have a lot of responsibility and will really get to know the organisation and its operations.

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Advising on legal risk and opportunities in line with Comic Relief’s objectives and supporting with implementation of our exciting new strategy.

• Provision of “end to end” legal advice on a variety of matters. This could include data protection, prizes/competitions, fundraising, media and IP. As part of your advice, you will often need to consider any risks to Comic Relief’s brand and reputation.

• Drafting and negotiating fit for purpose contracts. Depending on your background, this could include agreements with corporate partners, TFIs (trusts, foundations & institutions),professional fundraisers, our grantees, broadcasters, production companies, talent, venues, data processing agreements, IT/software providers and other suppliers.

• Legal lead on key projects and partnerships.

• Custodian of good risk-based decision making, with responsibility for making decisions on legal risk where within role scope; for making recommendations to Head of Legal and/or stakeholders; and for escalations where appropriate.

• Providing good business partnering/stakeholder management.

• Working with the Head of Legal and team members to drive alignment and consistency of legal advice; compliance with laws and regulations; process improvement; promotion of knowledge and best practice; and legal training to the organisation where required.

• Be an ambassador for legal matters across the wider organisation, and for Comic Relief more generally when interacting with others externally on behalf of Comic Relief.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Qualified lawyer with excellent legal skills and knowledge, and relevant experience as an in-house lawyer, including a strong understanding of charity and/or media laws and working on related matters.

• Knowledge and understanding of data protection laws & contracts preferred.

• Collaborative team member, able to build strong relationships.

• Ability to take ownership -of issues, decisions and escalations and to work autonomously on matters.

• Solution oriented and pragmatic problem solver.

• Proactive, prioritises and delivers results.

• Strong interpersonal skills as you will be working with a range of internal and external teams.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.