Vacancy: Legal Officer (PT)

Are you a motivated individual, interested in the breadth and variety of legal work that working in-house has to offer? BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is looking for a Legal Officer to join our collaborative and forward-thinking Legal Team, supporting the Senior Legal Counsel, Trainee Solicitor (due to qualify this summer), and other members of the Legal and Compliance Team working across the BCS Group of organisations.

This permanent, part-time role (28 hours per week) offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement, with a minimum of two days a week in our Swindon office and the remainder working from home. The role comes with a competitive salary of £22,800 p.a. (full-time equivalent: £28,500 p.a.) and an exceptional package of benefits.

This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals with experience in paralegal or legal advisory roles who want to work in an organisation making a positive impact on the IT profession and society. If you’re confident in reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts, providing pragmatic legal advice, and managing stakeholder relationships, this could be the perfect fit for you. At BCS, we also prioritize your growth, well-being, and work-life balance, offering benefits like generous holidays, life insurance, private medical plans, and access to financial coaching and well-being tools.

To apply, send your CV and cover letter to careers@bcs.uk, highlighting your relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and what excites you about this role. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a face-to-face interview at our Swindon office and will be expected to bring their passports to confirm their UK right to work status.

About the role

The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the Legal Team with the provision of legal services to BCS including providing advice primarily on commercial law and related matters, including contract drafting and negotiation, with exposure to a variety of other areas of law. The post-holder will also have responsibility for the effective management of the Legal Team’s case management system, and will liaise with a variety of stakeholders, including managers, employees and external providers on legal processes and matters.

Key responsibilities:

• Advise on, draft, negotiate and finalise a wide range of BCS legal agreements and third-party legal agreements.
• Provide pragmatic and commercially appropriate advice on commercial law and related matters.
• Provide assistance and support to other members of the Legal Team on more complex matters.
• Work alongside and Support the Compliance Team as appropriate.
• Respond to legal enquiries from BCS colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• Respond to enquiries sent to the team inbox, allocate matters raised using the Legal Team’s contract management system, and support the timely issue of contracts for signature.
• Support the Legal Team in ensuring that BCS is legally compliant and that legal risks are identified and mitigated.
• Regularly monitor and provide relevant updates on changes in the law to key staff within BCS.
• Continually identify and consider ways in which to make improvements to the legal team’s systems, processes and procedures.
• Provide administrative support to the Legal Team, and the Head of Legal and Compliance, where requested.
• Filing/registrations for BCS and its subsidiaries on Companies House and the Charities Commission.
• Assist with the creation and provision of regular internal training sessions and presentations.
• Research and provide advice on specific ad hoc projects delegated by Head of Legal and Compliance.
• Due to the nature of this business area, there will be a high degree of confidential and sensitive data to be appropriately managed and disseminated; any mistakes or errors could have a material and/or negative impact on individuals, BCS and external stakeholders.
• This role requires confidence, ability to work autonomously and on own initiative.
• Flexibility to adjust responsibilities as required from time to time by management.
• Continually look at ways to make improvements to systems, processes and procedures.
• Strive to live the BCS’ values and support our purpose through a passion for IT and its impact on society.

BCS is dedicated to providing training and development to help all staff realise their potential, and also offer a generous benefit package.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT are committed to promoting equality at every opportunity as an employer. This statement and our policies are designed to ensure our recruitment and employment practices and procedures actively promote equality of opportunity and value diversity.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK upon application.

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may be removed before any listed closing date once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.

In the event that we receive a high number of applications for this vacancy, we may be unable to provide an individual response to every candidate, therefore if you haven’t heard back from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.