Wellcome 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.
These challenges need the bold research our funding supports, but they won't be solved by science alone. We are looking for a Legal Project Manager for a Maternity cover.
The Legal Project Manager (LPM) sits in the Legal Operations team which aims to drive operational efficiency and assist in the delivery of Legal's strategic and operational goals at Wellcome. As LPM your role will be to manage Legal team projects and Legal-led workstreams within Wellcome-wide projects and evolve existing systems to help drive efficiency and innovation in relation to legal and company secretarial work. You will also manage the impact of change on the Legal team and its internal clients from new projects and processes.
In this role you will
Ensure that Legal/Legal led Wellcome-wide projects, assigned by the Legal Leadership Team, are properly planned and delivered (on-time, within scope and budget) including:
Developing and defining clear project scopes and objectives, collaborating with relevant stakeholders and working with D&T to ensure technical feasibility
Developing clear project plans and appropriate monitoring mechanisms to track progress and ensure effective implementation
Articulating project and ongoing resource requirements, availability and allocation
Assessing assigned projects for risks, issues and assumptions, communicating these, taking action and monitoring them throughout the project lifecycle.
Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation
Effective communication of progress to the legal team and the wider organization as required
Designing how project outcomes will be transitioned into business as usual within the legal team, including supporting project comms, leading on the roll-out of project deliverables, overseeing the development and implementation of training, as required, and providing support to maximise adoption and ongoing impact.
Establish, maintain and manage relationships with a range of internal and external-facing stakeholders including using these to make recommendations based on dependencies, changing priorities and new opportunities. Engage and manage external suppliers and contractors as required
Drive increase in automation across systems, together with simplification and other process improvements, to help focus legal resource where risk and complexity is highest.
Demonstrate proactive thought leadership around opportunities for process improvement within the Legal team and in connection with legal led systems.
Promote professional development of other Legal Operations team members through overseeing their involvement in project workstreams (and supervision of relevant staff where appropriate).
Be the owner of the risk and control environment for your area and be accountable for the quality of you and your project team's outputs.
Contribute to the creation and development of a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.
To be successful in this role you will have
Experience and understanding of operating in a legal environment (either in-house, within a law firm, or within a relevant consultancy); Knowledge/awareness of a range of systems that are known to lawyers, the legal technology market and adoption challenges.
Proven project management experience (ideally in a legal context); Knowledge and experience of using project management tools and methodologies. Genuine interest in legal operations and process improvement, with a desire to understand how that can help to advance Wellcome's mission.
Experience of software delivery projects and/or the roll out of new software products or business processes within teams or organisations.
Managing and negotiating stakeholder expectations to achieve best interest outcomes.
Positive, self-motivated and proactive team player; able to build effective relationships quickly Ability to work effectively under pressure whilst delivering high quality work.
Excellent communicator - strong written and oral communication skills; Ability to influence directly and indirectly in a matrix organisation.
Salary: £44,305
Closing date: Sunday, 25th September
Contract type: FTC (Maternity Cover - c. 12 months)
To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application form.
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We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build 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 a hybrid working pilot (September 2022) with the remaining 3 days from home.
You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees here
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome . We are committed to cultivating a fair and healthy environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you would like us to make adjustments during the application process, please contact us at .