Legal Project Manager

Requirements

• Be an experienced lawyer (5+ years) with strong legal skills and experience with pro bono, international development or social change. Experience working in a law firm, NGO, media house or in-house legal team is a plus
• Have prior experience working in or demonstrated legal understanding of one of the following themes: access to law; safeguarding independent media; shrinking civic space; or responsible business
• An understanding of the challenges and opportunities that pro bono opportunities bring to law firms and legal teams. A good understanding of the legal and non-profit sectors in Europe or Asia would be an advantage
• Be fluent in English. Fluency in French or Spanish would be an advantage
• Have excellent research, drafting and analytical skills, including experience both developing and reviewing legal outputs and resources
• Bring experience managing the delivery of legal programming, resources and activities, ideally in a programme or project that is donor funded
• Have experience engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs and donors
• Be a strong team player with experience managing and supporting a team to achieve results
• Have strong organisational abilities, experience using databases and an ability to support a team to use systems and processes. Experience in Salesforce would be favourable
• Bring experience delivering trainings, workshops and events on legal topics
• Experience inputting into a results framework and reporting on project results would be a plus
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple priorities at once, with a high degree of creative and flexible thinking
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

What the job involves

• The Thomson Reuters Foundation is recruiting a dynamic Legal Project Manager to drive and deliver the legal and programmatic activities for key donor-funded projects and serve as the point person and lead for the Access to Law team on these projects
• You will report to the Head of Special Projects, and work closely with regional TrustLaw team members. This position is based in our London office
• Manage and drive the delivery of the legal activities on donor-funded projects, initially a global project facilitating legal support to our donor’s grantees, then other funded projects as they arise, including:
• Setting out project plans for delivery of legal activities
• Ensuring work is done on time, within budget, to the agreed scope and to a high quality
• Escalating delivery issues or changes in scope to the relevant Access to Law Head
• Reporting internally and externally on progress, including to donors
• Working closely with members of the project team across TRF and inputting into project-wide work plans, results frameworks, etc
• Serving as the TrustLaw technical lead and point person on the project, ensuring the project aligns with TrustLaw’s and TRF’s processes, approach and priorities
• Deliver key activities and work products, including:
• Scoping and drafting pro bono legal requests from project beneficiaries, and connect the pro bono clients with lawyers
• Managing the development, design and dissemination of legal resources (e.g., trainings, guides, etc.)
• Leading workshops, legal health checks, presentations and events
• Conducting outreach to current or potential TrustLaw members or partners
• Reviewing the project’s legal outputs for clarity, accuracy and alignment with TrustLaw standards
• Updating Salesforce and internal record-keeping systems
• Work closely with Business Development colleagues to develop potential new legal programming proposals
• Support other projects and tasks as needed
• This is a fixed-term contract for 2 years based in London, starting as soon as possible

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