Legal Counsel (Compliance)

Description

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for aLegal Counsel (Compliance)to join our global team.

Team and Role Purpose

The role holder will be part of SCIs Legal team which is responsible for providinghigh quality strategic legal advice and supportto SCIs Global Teams and across SCIs 54 Country Offices on legal issues across SCI and the wider Save the Children this role the successful candidate will primarilysupport SCIs Legal Compliance Team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our brilliant dynamic team of lawyers where you youll have the opportunity to be involved in fascinating challenging and meaningful work as part of an innovative and ambitious organization whose missionis to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Role purpose

The role holder will be part of SCIs Core Legal and Compliance team of 4.5 lawyers and two paralegals and will be expected to support the Head of Legal Compliance by providing pragmatic solution orientated legal compliance advice to SCIs high risk Country Office and to work in collaboration with SCIs operations teams to develop and roll out frameworks to enable legal compliance across the organisation. The role holder will also be expected to advise the organization and in particular SCIs Global Teams on legal and regulatory risk and provide updates to the Audit & Risk Committee on certain legal compliance aspects as appropriate.

This is a complex interesting role involving engagement with a variety of functions and stakeholders within Save the Children.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency or other organisational crisis the role-holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

• Job Title: Legal Counsel (Compliance)
• Reports To: Head of Legal Compliance
• Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
• Location: Any existing approved Save the Children International offices in the required time zones. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in please visit:SCI Careers
• Required Time Zone:GMT /- 3 hours
• Contract Length: Fixed Term Contract (18 months)
• Right to Work: The successful candidate must have the right to work in the country where the role is based for the duration of employment.
• Language Requirements:English
• Remit: Global

Principal Accountabilities

Delivering high quality and professional advice and support to SCI Country Offices and Global Teams on a diverse range of legal issues including:

• Advising senior stakeholders across the organisation on legal regulatory and compliance matters
• Supporting the Head of Legal Compliance with the teams strategy and annual planning including overseeing the development and roll out of compliance frameworks across the organisation
• Representing the Legal Team at other cross-functional meetings and on other committees as appropriate
• Preparing papers for SCIs Audit & Risk Committee
• Leading on the development and delivery of training on legal compliance risks
• Managing potential disputes made against SCI and supporting with internal investigations as and when appropriate
• Leading on the compliance aspects of humanitarian responses
• Managing advice from and relationships with SCIs external law firms and helping SCI stakeholders to interpret and apply such advice.
• Undertake line management as appropriate and / or proactively undertaken the mentoring of more junior members of the team.
• Carry out any other legal duties either additional to or instead of those outlined above which may be reasonably required.

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Senior level post-qualification experience gained in private practice or in-house in one or more of the following areas: sanctions export controls bribery laws charity law modernslaveryorother regulatory areas or in dispute resolution
2. Demonstrated ability to business partner with a function / team / client to understandtheirpriorities and to come to pragmatic legallyappropriate solutions
3. Sound judgement and ability to manage multiple stakeholders and tasks in apressuredenvironment.
4. Skilled at applying technicalexpertiseto solving problems in a practical way.
5. Strong time management skills and ability to work efficiently to tight deadlines
6. Strong inter-personal skills and proven ability to communicate technical and complex information and ideaseffectivelytodifferentaudiences
7. Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English
8. Calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
9. Team player with a full appreciation of collaboration
10. Commitment to the missionvisionand values of Save the Children.

Desirable

• Knowledge of international development / humanitarian and / or charity sectors
• Experience working in an international organisation
• Experience operating in a range of jurisdictions including instructing overseas counsel.
• In-house experience
• Ability to work inanotherof SCIs core languages aside from English (French Arabic or Spanish)desirable but not essential
• UK or common law qualified lawyer or barrister
• Significant post-qualification experience years PQE

Education and Qualifications

• UK or common law qualified lawyer or barrister
• Significant post-qualification experience years PQE

Working at Save the ChildrenInternational

Save the Childrenis the worlds leading organisation for children employing save childrens lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their our work in 116 countries we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.

We know that great people make a great organisation and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition creativity and integrity are highly valued.

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children you will be in good company working with talented like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive learn and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure childrens voices are heard at the highest levels and that we achieve our global strategy Ambition for Children 2030 and reach every last child.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse equitable and inclusive organisation and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival protection development and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender sexual orientation race colour ethnic origin nationality disability marital or civil partnership status gender reassignment pregnancy and maternity caring or parental responsibilities age or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found atSCI Careers. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

Our Recruitment Process

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitmentmay include an additional assessment or case study stage or a third stage interview
4. If successful you will receive a conditional offer of employment followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-Harassment Health and Safety Safeguarding and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1