Legal Advisors

Legal Advisor x2

Reference: NOV20256509

Location: Flexible in UK

Contract: 12 months, Fixed-Term

Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £39,205.00 - £41,856.00 Per Annum

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

We are looking for a Legal Advisor to be part of our Corporate Legal Services Team, within Corporate Governance and Risk Department, to support on commercial and contract work.

Duties will include drafting, reviewing and advising on legal documents for colleagues throughout the RSPB to ensure that legal risks are appropriately identified, managed and reviewed. Duties will also include advising on other areas of law as and when required and managing the administrative aspects of the role.

What's the role about?

You will draft and provide, review and advise on legal documents including policies, procedures, deeds, contracts, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), miscellaneous agreements and specimen documents, for colleagues throughout the RSPB to ensure that legal risks are appropriately identified, managed and reviewed in a timely manner, and especially as part of the process of project and programme set-up and execution.

When required to assist with maintaining and updating appropriate books, registrations, notifications and documentation for the RSPB and its subsidiary entities to ensure compliance with regulatory timetables and requirements.

Disseminate information and conduct training, including development, implementation and maintenance of guidelines and facilitation, for colleagues throughout the RSPB to ensure that the best use is made of the capabilities offered by the team.

Prepare or guide the preparation of materials for internal and external auditors to ensure that a fair, accurate and comprehensive vision of RSPB’s compliance processes can be provided.

Identify the legal implications of new activities, initiatives, systems and processes including websites, ensuring all existing and new systems are legally compliant.

When required assist with matters in relation to data protection including to be able to identify the legal implications of new activities, initiatives, systems and processes including websites, ensuring all existing and new systems are legally compliant.

Administer and deliver requests in relation to Data Subjects Rights, including Data Protection Subject Access Requests in liaison with colleagues throughout the RSPB, in order to meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

To assist with investigations into complaints about breaches of relevant legislation, undertake reporting/remedial action as required, maintain a log of any incidents, remedial recommendations and actions.

Research, identify and interpret new legislation, regulations and codes of practice, to provide the RSPB with a forward view of emerging requirements?

To manage the administrative duties, such as filing of all correspondence and documentation, in relation to the areas of work covered by this role.

On occasion assist on intellectual property rights.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Individuals must have a legal qualification (law degree or other qualification) and/or experience in a relevant legal field (practitioner/solicitor/barrister in England & Wales or Northern Ireland).
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Excellent planning, administrative and organisational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work to deadlines and flexibility to manage changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• IT literate, sound knowledge of MS Office and conversant with electronic communications including SharePoint.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience of working in the charitable sector or in a compliance role would be advantageous but is not necessary.

Additional Information:

This is a one-year Fixed-Term, Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

Closing date: 23:59, Monday 1st December 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 15th December 2025.

Interested? If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

No agencies please.