COMIC RELIEF

Employment Type Contract 12 Month FTC
Location Hybrid · London, City of, UK 2 days a week in our London Office
Salary £62,426 - £65,333 (GBP)
Team Legal and Assurance

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing: 12:47pm, 27th Mar 2025 GMT

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home 3 days a week.
Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Excellent knowledge of IP, media and production matters and legal issues.
• Experience in developing and implementing legal organisational policies and procedures.
• A proven ability to devise and implement legal solutions across a range of organisational functions.
  Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

PURPOSE OF JOB:

This is an exciting opportunity for a lawyer to join Comic Relief for 12 months!
You will have the opportunity to get stuck into a wide variety of matters. Depending on your background, the key focus of your work will be on charity, media and/or technology related matters.
You will help Comic Relief comply with the law; support stakeholders in making informed risk-based decisions; and protect our brand. You will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of contracts and projects including charity, fundraising, technology, marketing, media & production, data protection and related matters. Experience in IP, media and production related matters would be preferred.
As Legal Counsel, you will be a key member of the Legal Team. We are a small team of four (including this role), consisting of a Head of Legal & Assurance, another Legal Counsel and a Paralegal. Being part of a small team, you will have a lot of responsibility and will really get to know the organisation, its operations and how you can contribute to working towards a Just Word, Free from Poverty

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Advising on legal risk and opportunities (from strategic to day to day) in line with Comic Relief’s strategy and charitable purposes.
• Drafting and negotiating contracts, including agreements with producers, broadcasters, talent, marketing & PR agencies, venues, corporate partners, TFIs (trusts, foundations & institutions), professional fundraisers, grantees, IT and other suppliers.
• Legal lead on strategic projects.
• Custodian of good risk-based decision making, with responsibility for making decisions on legal risk where within role scope; for making recommendations to Head of Legal & Assurance and/or stakeholders; and for escalations where appropriate.
• Where agreed with Head of Legal & Assurance, responsible for areas of specialist legal knowledge or skill within the team, including legal issues relating to IP, media, production, charity and fundraising laws, and prizes/competitions.
• Working with the Head of Legal & Assurance and team members to drive alignment and consistency of legal advice; compliance and assurance; process improvement; promotion of knowledge and best practice; legal training to the organisation where required; and effective use of external counsel and the legal budget.
• Be an ambassador for Legal & Assurance matters across the wider organisation, and for Comic Relief more generally when interacting with others externally on behalf of Comic Relief.