Junior Lawyer, DEMENTIA UK
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Date: 1 day ago
City: London, Ontario
Contract type: Full time
Background
Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime, either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.
About The Role
Join Dementia UK as a Junior Lawyer and play a vital role in providing hands-on legal support across the charity. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified solicitor or barrister (or equivalent) with experience gained in-house or in private practice, who is looking to broaden their experience working alongside the charity’s senior legal professional.
You will review, draft and advise on a wide range of contracts, working with suppliers, research partners and other parties, ensuring the charity’s interests are protected.
Working directly with the charity’s most senior lawyer, you will maintain the contracts register, proactively monitor key contract dates and provide teams across the charity with legal assistance and support. Your role will also involve providing administrative and research support, alongside contributing legal insight to governance and compliance officers when they are preparing company policies.
You will be responsible for providing legal advice and support on procurement, contract negotiation, due diligence and ensuring proper documentation of contracts. In addition, you will support legal research across a range of issues, maintain up to date template contracts, monitor relevant legal developments and assisting with wider day-to-day legal and administrative matters.
The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of contract law and demonstrable experience of reviewing contracts and of back-and-forth negotiations. You will also have a strong track record of carrying out legal research and experience of direct negotiations between multiple parties in time pressured or sensitive circumstances, whilst preserving key relationships and delivering organisational priorities.
You will demonstrate a proactive and flexible approach, contributing to a wide range of tasks within the Legal team to effectively support the charity in achieving its objectives, maintaining high personal integrity and quality work with careful attention to detail and accuracy.
We would love to hear from you! If you would like to find out more about the role, or have any queries, please get in touch with [email protected].
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer. If you’d like support to make an application, contact [email protected].
This role will be subject to a Basic DBS check.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime, either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.
About The Role
Join Dementia UK as a Junior Lawyer and play a vital role in providing hands-on legal support across the charity. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified solicitor or barrister (or equivalent) with experience gained in-house or in private practice, who is looking to broaden their experience working alongside the charity’s senior legal professional.
You will review, draft and advise on a wide range of contracts, working with suppliers, research partners and other parties, ensuring the charity’s interests are protected.
Working directly with the charity’s most senior lawyer, you will maintain the contracts register, proactively monitor key contract dates and provide teams across the charity with legal assistance and support. Your role will also involve providing administrative and research support, alongside contributing legal insight to governance and compliance officers when they are preparing company policies.
You will be responsible for providing legal advice and support on procurement, contract negotiation, due diligence and ensuring proper documentation of contracts. In addition, you will support legal research across a range of issues, maintain up to date template contracts, monitor relevant legal developments and assisting with wider day-to-day legal and administrative matters.
The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of contract law and demonstrable experience of reviewing contracts and of back-and-forth negotiations. You will also have a strong track record of carrying out legal research and experience of direct negotiations between multiple parties in time pressured or sensitive circumstances, whilst preserving key relationships and delivering organisational priorities.
You will demonstrate a proactive and flexible approach, contributing to a wide range of tasks within the Legal team to effectively support the charity in achieving its objectives, maintaining high personal integrity and quality work with careful attention to detail and accuracy.
We would love to hear from you! If you would like to find out more about the role, or have any queries, please get in touch with [email protected].
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer. If you’d like support to make an application, contact [email protected].
This role will be subject to a Basic DBS check.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
- Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
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