Head of Legal and Company Secretary
3 weeks ago
Head of Legal and Company Secretary – Not For Profit Salary: £80,000 per annum + 38 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) + benefits
Hybrid: Flexible with some travel to Burgess Hill or York
Compass Corporate Services are excited to partner with a leading UK charity supporting individuals with brain injuries, to find a Head of Legal and Company Secretary. This crucial role will support the governance and compliance frameworks while overseeing all legal matters and risk management for the organisation. You will work closely with senior leadership, providing sound legal advice to help deliver strategic objectives and ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and charity commission requirements.
As Head of Legal and Company Secretary, you will play a key role in managing corporate governance, ensuring that the Board and Trustees adhere to legal obligations while providing comprehensive company secretarial services. Your responsibilities will span providing pragmatic legal advice, handling disputes, reviewing contracts, managing risk, and ensuring GDPR compliance.
Facilitating good corporate governance, advising the Board on legal obligations.
Providing Company Secretarial services, including leading governance meetings, maintaining compliance with charity law, and supporting Trustee recruitment.
Managing legal disputes and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts to safeguard the charity’s legal interests.
Leading on risk management strategies to protect the organisation’s commercial and reputational interests.
Acting as the Data Protection Officer, ensuring compliance with GDPR and UK data protection laws.
This hybrid role offers flexibility, with travel required to Burgess Hill or York, with the expectation of being on-site around 1-2 days per week.
Expertise in governance, legal frameworks, and risk management, ideally within the Health & Social Care sector or charity organisations.
Strong commercial acumen and ability to provide sound legal counsel on strategic business decisions.
Excellent interpersonal skills with experience advising senior leadership and managing external legal partners.
Proven experience managing compliance with UK data protection legislation (GDPR).
A dynamic and strategic legal leader with a track record of managing governance and risk at a senior level.
Comfortable working with Boards and senior executives, providing clear and actionable legal guidance.
Analytical and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage complex projects to completion.
A strong communicator, confident in presenting legal insights to leadership teams.
Competitive salary of £80,000 per annum
Group life assurance
Company pension scheme
Perkbox staff discount platform
Eye voucher scheme and staff awards
Compass Associates Ltd is acting as a Recruitment Consultancy for this permanent vacancy; we offer a £200 John Lewis voucher for a successful recommendation following the completion of probation/rebate.
Compass Associates, established in 2009, is an award-winning, UK specialist Health and Social Care Recruitment Consultancy providing tailored, high quality recruitment solutions for all permanent assignments.
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