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Join the Wellcome Trust in shaping a healthier future for all as a key member of our Commercial Legal team.
Overview
Salary £78954
Location London, UK - Hybrid
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Expires Expires at anytime
The Wellcome Trust is an influential global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health by supporting scientific research, influencing policy, and forging powerful partnerships. With a bold plan to invest £16bn over the next decade in life sciences, health, and wellbeing, the Trust is addressing critical global health challenges including mental health, infectious disease, and the impact of climate on health.
Role Summary:
- Provide top-tier commercial legal advice to support Wellcome's extensive charitable and operational initiatives.
- Work within the Commercial team, under the guidance of the Associate General Counsel (Commercial).
- The role encompasses a diverse range of responsibilities, from charity law to commercial legal guidance.
Role Requirements:
- Qualified UK solicitor with substantial post-qualification experience.
- Broad legal expertise, particularly in commercial contracts, corporate governance, intellectual property, and data protection.
- Charity law knowledge is a plus.
- Outstanding skills in drafting and managing commercial contracts.
Benefits:
- Flexible working environment with a hybrid model, currently two days in-office.
- From September 2024, the in-office requirement will increase to three days per week.
Successful candidates will be subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check after a conditional offer is made, to review any 'unspent' criminal convictions or conditional cautions.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy, and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
The role entails providing high quality commercial legal advice to Wellcome across its wide ranging charitable and operational activities. You will be working in the Commercial team within Legal reporting to the Associate General Counsel (Commercial). The Commercial Legal team provides high quality charity law and commercial legal advice to Wellcome across its wide-ranging charitable and operational activities.
Job requirements include being a UK solicitor, with solid post qualification experience (obtained in-house or in private practice), broad experience across a range of areas, including some or all of commercial contracts, corporate governance, intellectual property and data protection. Experience of charity law is desirable but not essential. Excellent drafting and commercial contracts experience is required.
Benefits include a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days working either remotely or in the office. From 1st September 2024 we will move to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any ‘unspent’ criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
