Charities and the Third Sector Associate / Senior Associate

Job title: Charities and the Third Sector Associate / Senior Associate

PQE: Flexible

Department: Charities and the Third Sector

Location: Edinburgh / Glasgow

Working hours: Whilst this role is ideally 9am-5pm Monday-Friday (35 hours per week) we are open to considering flexible or part time working to suit the requirements of the business.

Reporting to: Charities and the Third Sector Partners

Job type: Permanent

Closing date: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and interviews held on a rolling basis.

We have a great opportunity for an Associate/Senior Associate, with relevant experience, to join our Charities and the Third Sector team.

Our Charities and the Third Sector is an experienced and multi-disciplinary team headed by Helen Kidd, one of the few specialists in Scotland accredited in charity law by the Law Society of Scotland.

As part of the team, the successful candidate will be involved in providing quality service to clients covering a range of charity law and regulatory matters - from governance and constitutional issues to OSCR reorganisations, charity restructuring, fundraising and delivering charity trustee training. The team works with a rich variety of charity and socially conscious clients such as service providers, grant-making foundations, philanthropic individuals and campaigning organisations. The candidate will also be required to:

• Operate with minimal supervision and have the ability to provide quality advice to clients.
• Prepare and deliver trustee training.
• Train and supervise less experienced staff.
• Ensure knowledge is up to date in relation to the services available to clients across the Firm as a whole and the various service sectors.
• Promote and support the Firm's marketing initiatives.
• Develop the Charities & Third Sector business including marketing to existing and future clients.
• Raise both personal and Firm's profile at networking events.
• Identify opportunities to cross sell services offered by Firm.

The successful candidate will likely be someone already working with charities, not-for-profit and social enterprise clients, but applications are also welcome from corporate, public law or private client lawyers interested in a shift in focus. In addition to technical competencies, the candidate will have the ability to communicate in a confident, clear and relaxed way and will be able to work well as part of a close and well-integrated team. Ideally, the successful candidate will also have experience and a demonstrable interest and passion for the sector - whether through work, trusteeships or volunteering for public interest causes and public policy concerns.

This role is preferably office based however, depending on experience and location, flexible WFH/hybrid arrangements will be considered.

We would also be open to applications from experienced Charities Directors/Partners who are looking to join a dynamic team and play a key role in its growth and development.

The firm offers a range of benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday;
• 9 fixed days;
• Long service holidays which start to accrue after 5 years service;
• Death in Service Benefit (for those in the pension scheme);
• Access to online GP appts, counselling and health & wellbeing resources;
• Discounted gym memberships;
• Enhanced family policies after a period of continuous service;
• Discounted legal fees;

Diversity and inclusion play an integral part in the people strategy at Lindsays. We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where our people feel valued and can reach their full potential.

Lindsays, is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation.

Lindsays is an equal opportunities employer.