Permanent Legal / Law Jobs in Greater London
Legal Officer
Full time and permanent from London office.
Salary
£39,520 full time and permanent from London office.
Benefits
26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), generous workplace pension, wellbeing support, resources for learning & development, and we can offer a modest relocation fund.
About you, about us
Join us
You're curious about how technologies affect power and shape the future. You're an advocate who wants to speak out for change with a voice that is both nuanced and engaging. You want to help build an organisation that is always learning. You want to cooperate closely with colleagues and partners across the world on a tapestry of topics, developing and sharing diverse skill-sets along the way. You're keen to explore new multidisciplinary and resourceful methods to achieve meaningful change.
Working together
You'll join an organisation of 25+ people in our Central London office from diverse backgrounds, collaborating, building and learning together. We are delivering our multi-year strategic plan to protect democracy and civic spaces from authoritarian technologies, defend people’s dignity as they seek access and protection, challenge companies who profit from exploitation, and hold governments accountable for the extraordinary powers they amass. We engage stakeholders, institutions, and adversaries with tact and persistence. We target systems-level change and establish safeguards for people across the world so that freedom and privacy will be the foundations of tomorrow’s societies.
About the role
What you'll be doing
The Legal Officer will conduct advocacy to achieve PI’s goals. This will include legal, policy, research, outreach and public engagement initiatives as PI formulates new and creative ways to demand change globally, including working with our partners across the world.
Essentials
Experiences
- Experience working with data protection regulations, including enforcing them or ensuring organisational compliance.
- Experience working with international human rights standards and/or national rights frameworks.
- Law degree or equivalent postgraduate diploma in any jurisdiction.
- Admitted/qualified to practice in any jurisdiction.
- Experience in a legal role post admission/qualification.
- Understanding of and experience working within a variety of local, national, and international jurisdictions, including those governed by common law or civil law.
- Experience taking creative approaches to novel legal challenges.
- Experience in NGOs/human rights organisations.
- Knowledge of legal issues related to data and privacy, including data protection and surveillance, or the legal concerns raised by techniques such as the use of artificial intelligence, automated decision-making, data brokerage and profiling.
- Experience mitigating legal risks faced by organisations.
- Passion for technology and its interaction with human rights.
- Proven track record of communicating complex issues to diverse audiences.
- Experience in engaging in strategic advocacy regarding conduct of state or non-state actors.
- Experience in designing and delivering learning and education activities and content, i.e. trainings, workshops, etc.
Skills
- Ability to work with and manage relationships with partner organisations, coalitions and counsel.
- Proactive and self-motivated, capable of working unsupervised and taking responsibility for managing relationships with key partners, stakeholders, and adversaries.
- Capable to deliver projects, working collaboratively through delegation and coordination, and incorporate critical reflections into future planning.
- Thoughtful interpersonal skills for engaging with colleagues and stakeholders from experientially, demographically, cognitively, and culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrable excellent written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail and audiences.
Desirable experiences and skills
- Knowledge of and experience advocating for the protection of social, economic and cultural rights.
- Record of stakeholder engagement, promoting or enabling meaningful participation of communities and civil society in advocacy.
- Deft at speaking publicly, including with the media and at conferences and high-level stakeholder meetings.
- Experience in identifying, researching, monitoring and documenting technologies and technology-related policies and practices of state actors, companies, and other third-parties.
- Willing and able to travel internationally.
- Fluency in a language other than English, with one of the other 5 UN languages (Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Chinese) an asset.
How to apply
We want to encourage applicants with diverse experiences, backgrounds and talents. And you might be reading this page and thinking 'they won't want someone with my unusual background'. Well, you'd be wrong. Each of us here have followed our unique paths. PI is built on genuine diversity, and we would encourage you to apply if you think you can meet the criteria of the role based on your life experiences.
To apply, please send:
* a CV (not more than two pages)
* a covering letter (not more than two pages)
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 6 October 2024 at 11:59pm BST.
Only complete applications will be considered. Please see the About/Opportunities section of Privacy International's website for further instructions on how to submit an application.
The candidates who we choose to interview will be contacted by the end of the day on Wednesday, 9 October 2024.
Interviews will take place between 14 and 16 October – please reserve these days for a possible interview, which can be arranged in person or as a video conference.
We may conduct a second round of interviews, which will be decided only after the first round of interviews takes place.
For information about how Privacy International will use your data during recruitment please see our Privacy Policy on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Housing Legal Aid Solicitor
- £50,000 FTE (Basic salary - £45,864 with £4,136 Legal Aid special allowance)
- 8 weeks holiday per year
- 5% employer's pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme
University House is seeking Housing Solicitors as part of a major expansion.
All candidates must have experience of Legal Aid and also a willingness to engage with wider access to justice projects.
This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the leading organisations in the NFP sector.
For further details, please see the job description and person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About us
We are a community-led organisation based in South London that has been supporting Latin Americans in the UK for more than 40 years. Responding to immediate needs and structural inequalities, our work aims to enable the development, agency and participation of Latin Americans and other Spanish and Portuguese speakers. We do this by offering high-quality information and advice services, opportunities for development and training, and a platform to seek social and systemic change.
Our Immigration Advice Programme
We have a long and proud history of providing immigration advice to the Latin American community and has extensive experience with the varied and complex needs that arise from the UK's ever-changing immigration system. Our Immigration Advice Programme is designed to meet these needs through the provision of specialist one-to-one advice and casework services, delivered in Spanish and Portuguese, as well as identifying and addressing policy changes and how they impact our community.
Our service is accredited by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) and the Advice Quality Standard (AQS).
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an immigration adviser to lead our dynamic immigration advice team and help shape the future of the programme as part of the senior management team at a fast-growing charity in London. As IRMO's Immigration Advice Programme Manager, you will bring your expertise and experience together to organise, implement and improve our range of immigration services to offer the maximum benefit for our community, in both the short and long term.
Your responsibilities will include implementing and progressing the programme's overarching strategy; the ongoing development and training of team members; representing IRMO across broader advice networks; and advising on organisational responsibilities related to immigration. You will also have the chance to develop new, cross-over skills beyond advice provision.
Key Experience and Qualifications for the Role
We are seeking a highly qualified Registered Immigration Adviser at OISC Level 2 or 3 with at least two years of recent and continuous relevant experience in immigration. The ideal candidate will also have a minimum of three years of experience managing programmes or projects, particularly in advice and community support services.
The role requires a proven track record in delivering against targets and demonstrated experience in line managing people in a variety of roles, supporting staff to work to their full potential.
How to Apply?
Please visit our website for more information, including details on how to apply. The job description and our full benefits package. We encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If you have any questions about the role, you can email us and we'll direct you to the right person in the team.
Benefits: 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) rising by one day each year after one year of service, capped at four additional days (pro rata); three extra days of paid leave between Christmas and New Year's (pro rata); 5% employer contribution to staff pension scheme; occupational sick pay; 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme; Cycle to Work Scheme; wide range of opportunities for skills development.
Enable the development, agency, and participation of all Latin Americans by responding to both immediate needs and structural inequalities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.