In-House Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Raspberry Pi Full time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced In-House Legal Counsel to join our team at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. As a strategic advisor, you will play a key role in ensuring our legal operations robustly support our mission to empower young people through computing and digital making.

With a strong background in charity law, contracts, compliance, intellectual property, and data protection, you will navigate a diverse range of legal areas and provide expert advice to our teams. Your experience in contract negotiation and drafting, as well as your knowledge of the UK legal system, will be invaluable in this role.

You will work closely with our Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations to ensure that our legal operations are aligned with our business goals. Your ability to work independently and efficiently, as well as your flexibility and willingness to learn, will be essential in this role.

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert legal advice and support on charity law, compliance, and data protection matters.
  • Draft, negotiate, and manage a range of commercial contracts, including services, supplier, licence, grant, partnership, and sponsorship agreements.
  • Manage aspects of IP and trademark protection and enforcement.
  • Act as Company Secretary for group entities, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws, statutory requirements, and regulations.
  • Corporate and charitable governance and reporting.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate legal risks across all areas of the Foundation's operations.
  • Oversee the development and implementation of resources, guidance and training to empower business managers to handle low-risk legal matters.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with external legal firms, ensuring efficient and cost-effective utilisation of their expertise.
  • Coach, develop, and manage the performance of the Paralegal, enabling them to reach their full potential.
  • Keep up to date with developments in relevant areas of legislation and compliance.
  • Manage the Legal budget.

Requirements

  • England and Wales qualified solicitor, 3-5 years PQE
  • Solid working knowledge of the UK legal system
  • Experience of contract negotiation and drafting
  • Experience managing trademarks and IP (desirable)
  • Experience overseeing data protection compliance, including GDPR (desirable)
  • Company Secretarial experience (desirable)
  • Some international experience (India, USA, Ireland, Kenya, or South Africa desirable)
  • Effective organisational skills, with the ability to work independently and efficiently, and to balance different priorities
  • Flexibility and a willingness to learn

About Us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We offer a range of benefits for all of our colleagues, including competitive salaries, 25 days' annual leave initially, growing to 30 days after five years service, company-wide close down for 3 days at the end of the year, and a generous company pension scheme with 8% employer and 4% employee contributions.

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