Job Details:
Organisation: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Deadline Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Job type: Permanent
Location:
Singapore
The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world’s leading provider of news and information, is committed to empowering people around the world with trusted information and free legal assistance. Its initiatives stand for better governance, greater transparency, women’s rights, more effective humanitarian relief and a robust global press (www.trust.org).
TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro bono service that connects NGOs and social enterprises with the best law firms around the world. Launched in 2010, TrustLaw has grown to work in 170 countries with over 500 law firms and in-house legal teams and over 2,000 NGO and social enterprise members. Our mission is to spread the practice of pro bono worldwide to drive social change.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for scoping TrustLaw pro bono legal requests and expanding the TrustLaw programme across Asia Pacific, as well as representing the Thomson Reuters Foundation in the region. This will include:
- Strategically managing pro bono requests from our community of NGOs and social entrepreneurs. This include scoping pro bono projects, connecting the pro bono client with lawyers, and following up with the parties involved to ensure the project’s completion.
- Management of multiple cross-border legal research and policy advisory programmes that address the most critical needs facing our NGO and social enterprise members and contributing towards achieving impact through a high quality end product.
- Mapping out and implementing strategies to expand the TrustLaw membership, making sure that we serve both the best NGOs and social enterprises, as well as the strongest law firms and corporate in-house legal teams
- Relationship management of key TrustLaw members and facilitating their engagement with the service, through hosting events and managing regular communications, marketing and PR.
- Representing TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation by speaking publicly on our work at panels, conferences, or other speaking engagements.
- Support the team on thought leadership projects including the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono and TrustLaw training courses.
The candidate
- An experienced lawyer with strong legal skills and experience in pro bono and/or in international development or social change. You will have at least 5 years post-degree working experience (ideally with at least two of those years in private practice / corporate counsel).
- The candidate must be fluent in English, with excellent written and spoken communication skills and an ability to adapt messages to different audiences. We are looking for a clear communicator who can confidently present the Foundation and our work at high level meetings. Fluency in Mandarin is highly desirable. Additional languages would be favourable.
- They should have a strong understanding of the legal industry internationally with extensive experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs and any other beneficiaries of our services.
- The candidate will have experience working with the charitable, philanthropic or social enterprise sector, with an understanding and interest in the pro bono sector.
- The candidate will be a confident public speaker and networker who is highly professional.
- The candidate must be able to work quickly under pressure, to juggle multiple tasks and requests simultaneously, to meet deadline requirements and to drive projects to completion.
- The candidate must have a level of independence and initiative, be self-motivated, with an ability to design their own agenda and take responsibility to advance and complete projects.
- Experience using Salesforce would be favourable.
- This role will include a significant amount of travel across the region and occasionally to London.
This is a one-year contract with the potential to extend. The salary is commensurate with experience.
To apply for this position, send your CV and cover letter describing how you meet the specifications for this position to trustlaw@thomsonreuters.com, with subject line “Legal Programme Manager position”. Please include contact details for two referees with your application (these will not be contacted without your permission).
Legal Programme Manager
Job posted by: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Mon, 15 Jun 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Deadline Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Job type: Permanent
Location: Singapore
The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world’s leading provider of news and information, is committed to empowering people around the world with trusted information and free legal assistance. Its initiatives stand for better governance, greater transparency, women’s rights, more effective humanitarian relief and a robust global press (www.trust.org).
TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro bono service that connects NGOs and social enterprises with the best law firms around the world. Launched in 2010, TrustLaw has grown to work in 170 countries with over 500 law firms and in-house legal teams and over 2,000 NGO and social enterprise members. Our mission is to spread the practice of pro bono worldwide to drive social change.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for scoping TrustLaw pro bono legal requests and expanding the TrustLaw programme across Asia Pacific, as well as representing the Thomson Reuters Foundation in the region. This will include:
The candidate
This is a one-year contract with the potential to extend. The salary is commensurate with experience.
To apply for this position, send your CV and cover letter describing how you meet the specifications for this position to trustlaw@thomsonreuters.com, with subject line “Legal Programme Manager position”. Please include contact details for two referees with your application (these will not be contacted without your permission).