Job Description
Job Description
To provide legal advice and support to Comic Relief to enable it to deliver its charitable objectives and strategic objectives. Being an enabler of compliance with the law; informed risk-based decision-making; and protection of the brand. The majority of your work will involve advising and supporting the organisation’s entertainment & talent, marketing & media, creative, events, storytelling, people and technology teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Advising on legal risk and opportunities (from strategic to day to day) in line with Comic Relief’s objectives.
- Provision of “end to end” legal advice.
- Drafting and negotiating fit for purpose contracts, including agreements with producers, broadcasters, talent, marketing & PR agencies, venues, 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.
- Providing good business partnering/stakeholder management to directorates within scope of responsibility.
- 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 and production.
- 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 and Assurance matters across the wider organisation, and for Comic Relief more generally when interacting with others externally on behalf of Comic Relief.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Qualified lawyer with excellent legal skills and knowledge, and relevant experience as an in-house lawyer, including significant experience in IP law and working on production and media matters.
- Collaborative team member, able to build strong relationships.
- Ability to take ownership - of issues, decisions and escalations and to work autonomously on matters.
- Solution oriented and pragmatic problem solver.
- Proactive, prioritises and delivers results.
Closing: 12:00pm, 13th Apr 2022 BST
