In-house Legal Counsel

**In-house Legal Counsel**

**Reports to**: Chief Strategy Officer

**Location**: Hybrid - Office & WFH (Cambridgeshire or Cornwall)

**Hours**: 32 hours across a 4-day week (no salary sacrifice)

**Who we are and what is important to us**:
Wonde is an innovative and fast-growing, education technology scale-up that is on a mission to deliver cutting-edge technologies to improve ways of working for the education sector.

We are trusted by 25,000 schools globally in the security and reliability of their technology and data.

We're committed to changing students' lives and want the help of talented individuals who will support our journey in driving better outcomes for the education sector.

**Job snapshot**:
As Wonde continues to scale, we're looking to appoint a senior in-house legal counsel to join our legal team. This is an exciting time to consider joining Wonde as this opportunity will play a pivotal role in shaping the team and supporting our growth, bothnationally and internationally.

As in-house legal counsel, you'll be assisting and supporting the executive team on legal matters across the domestic and international sides of the business. You will become the first point of contact for legal matters including but not limited to commercialcontracts, data protection; IP licensing agreements and employment matters.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Draft, review and negotiate a diverse range of commercial contracts supporting all Wonde products
- Assist in building a smart legal function (including contract lifecycle management system) to enable the business in meeting its vision and objectives
- Providing first line legal support to the business on a variety of matters including data protection, commercial contracts and employment matters
- Support the development of internal approval processes and policies
- Provide proactive legal advice of up and coming developments relevant to the business
- Support the implementation of company-wide legal initiatives and standards
- Identify business risks & opportunities with the ability and focus to deliver practical, business-oriented solutions on such matters
- Assist in the creation and maintaining of contract templates to reflect changes in business and law
- Embed and embrace Wonde's culture to ensure legal's function is aligned with goals and mission
- Research regulatory guidelines to ensure we adhere to relevant compliance requirements
- Monitor and report on the performance of legal function

**Requirements**:
**What we're hoping you'll bring**:

- At least 3 years PQE in private practice or an in-house environment
- Commercial awareness with knowledge and understanding of business drivers
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and learn in an ever-changing environment
- Ambition and initiative to drive change in an evolving sector
- Ability to prioritise workflow and ensure deadlines are met
- Strong 'can do' mentality
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with a high degree of attention to detail
- Good attitude towards individual and team success

**Benefits**

**What you'll get**:
Wonde is much more than just a place to work. It is a place to grow, innovate, excel and learn. We have tech people, creative people and people people, all focused on providing a superior customer experience.

We value, support and champion those we work with - promoting personal growth and happiness. We get that our success is dependent on the collective energy, intelligence and contributions of all our team members and we are committed to ensuring our work environmentis the best it can be.

We value your commitment and have worked hard to create adaptable and comprehensive benefits packages to suit individual needs, although you can expect the below as standard:

- 4-day working week
- Flexible working schedule/work from home opportunities
- Onsite gym and well-being (quiet room) facilities
- Unlimited buying and selling holiday scheme
- Additional holiday for length of service
- Annual allowance for volunteering days
- Monthly lunch club (on us)
- Comprehensive wellness programmes (think meditation retreats and continuous access to wellbeing apps/initiatives)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Electric car scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Eye examination scheme
- Financial contribution to the set up of work from home environments
- Use of new and leading technology in the form of apple products
- Frequent company-funded social events
- Office closure between Christmas & New Year
- Access to continuous learning and development opportunities
- Comprehensive employee referral scheme
- Casual Dress Code

In addition to the above, you'll have access to our ‘take your pick' benefits scheme which is tailored specifically to you