Director of Legal and Contracts - Marie Stopes International | United Kingdom

We are seeking an experience in-house lawyer to join us in an exciting new role as the Director of Legal and Contracts based in our London support office.

In joining us, day-to-day you will:

• provide leadership to the corporate legal and contracts functions 
• lead our legal provision to ensure the protection of the business against legal risks, establishing appropriate corporate governance structures and decision making frameworks
• lead on our donor contracts and grants provision to ensure the successful negotiation of donor contracts and grants, and organisational compliance with donor requirements and regulations
• provide high level, strategic advice and support on legal, risk and compliance issues, including the management of high value or difficult contract issues, governance, risk and ad-hoc litigation issues.

In order to be considered for the role you will ideally have experience of working in-house in the corporate and/or charity sector, working across a range of jurisdictions including instructing overseas counsel, together with experience with the funding mechanisms and contractual obligations of a broad array of institutional donors together with significant people management skills.

In return for your hard work and dedication to our mission we can offer you a competitive salary and benefits package as well as on-going commitment to your personal and professional development.

To apply, please click here.