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Summary


The Senior Legal Manager plays a key role in Climate Group’s small but dynamic two-person Legal team, working closely with the Head of Legal to enable our mission to drive climate action fast. While contract review and maintaining clear, ethical legal frameworks are core parts of the role, you’ll also be a trusted partner to colleagues across the organisation – helping them navigate day‑to‑day legal questions and make confident, well‑informed decisions.


You’ll operate with a good degree of autonomy, using sound judgement to keep on top of relevant legal and regulatory developments and provide practical, proportionate advice You’ll translate legal concepts into clear guidance tailored to non legal colleagues, ensuring legal considerations are understood and embedded in our work. As part of a small team, you’ll support smooth team operations to keep the function running effectively.


About the role


The Legal team sits within the Operations function at Climate Group, an award-winning international non-profit specialising in climate and energy initiatives. As a small, collaborative team, Legal works across the organisation on a diverse portfolio of high profile events and partnerships, sponsorship and marketing arrangements, international legal matters and campaign activity.


Key responsibilities will include:


  • Contracting and third-party engagements – Lead the review, negotiation, and drafting of contractual arrangements, ensuring they reflect the organisation’s objectives and protect its interests. Provide clear, risk-based recommendations within agreed parameters, and develop standard templates, policies and guidance to strengthen legal consistency and efficiency.
  • Legal project work – Take responsibility for legal workstreams within more complex or time-sensitive projects, offering balanced, practical advice that supports delivery. Work closely with internal teams and international colleagues to ensure legal considerations are addressed effectively, efficiently, and in line with organisational priorities.
  • Continuous improvement and capability building – Support the Head of Legal in managing workflow and help identify opportunities for improvement and effective task management to streamline legal work while ensuring high-quality delivery. Contribute to mentoring and upskilling non-legal colleagues on legal best practices and risk mitigation to build organisational capability.
  • Risk awareness and guidance – Play a key role in identifying, assessing and mitigating legal risks across operations, partnerships and projects, providing clear, pragmatic recommendations that help teams make confident and informed decision-making.
  • Stakeholder engagement – Build trusted advisor relationships across the organisation, positioning Legal as an enabling and solutions-focused partner.
  • Strategy delivery and team operations – Contribute to the delivery of the legal strategy by helping ensure legal considerations are integrated into major initiatives and day-to-day decisions. Support the effective running of the Legal team through administrative support such as maintaining records, updating templates, and assisting with team processes and coordination.


As a mission-driven organisation, we may ask colleagues to take on temporary assignments or secondments in a different team to support organisational priorities. We see these as opportunities for development and internal mobility, managed transparently and with appropriate support.


You’ll work in a highly collaborative, international environment, where a diversity of perspectives and experiences is valued and encouraged.


About you


You’re a collaborative and pragmatic legal professional who enjoys working closely with colleagues across a global organisation. Confident guiding non legal colleagues through complex issues, and comfortable turning legal detail into practical, proportionate advice that helps people get things done.


You communicate with clarity and calm, helping others navigate challenges with confidence. You bring a solution focused mindset, sound judgement, and a constructive approach that supports effective decision making and positive outcomes. You’re excited by the chance to be part of a small team where you can have real impact, develop your skills and shape how the Legal function continues to evolve.


We value strengths and a passion for learning – if you meet most of the criteria below, we encourage you to apply.

Essential

  • Practising solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.
  • Strong knowledge and practical understanding of UK contract law and intellectual property.
  • Demonstrable experience drafting, reviewing, and interpreting a range of agreements.
  • Proven ability to navigate and advise on data protection requirements (including GDPR and PECR) within a complex organisational environment.

Desirable

  • Experience working with non‑legal stakeholders, providing clear and accessible guidance.
  • Experience in charity law.
  • Experience in competition law.
  • Previous in‑house experience.


About Climate Group


Climate Group drives climate action. Fast. Our goal is a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all.


We focus on systems with the highest emissions and where our networks have the greatest opportunity to drive change. We do this by building large and influential networks and holding organisations accountable, turning their commitments into action.


We share what we achieve together to show more organisations what they could do. We are an international non-profit organisation, founded in 2004, with offices in London, Amsterdam, Beijing, New Delhi and New York.


Climate Group is an international organisation, and we want to reflect that in our staff. People who work for us, and people who apply, need to feel heard, safe, and included. That is why we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion throughout our application process and in our offices. We encourage applications from people of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, abilities, and ethnicities, as we value a wide range of experiences and perspectives.


Where you’ll work


Based in our London office, near the iconic Tower Bridge, you’ll enjoy a flexible hybrid working arrangement of five days in the office over the fortnight.


Our office is designed to support both collaborative work and focused individual time. It includes accessible facilities, a well-equipped gym, secure bike storage, and showers. Plus, we’re easy to reach by bike and public transport.


What we offer


At Climate Group, our people are at the heart of what we do. You’ll join a global community of bold, ambitious doers committed to driving climate action fast.


This is a permanent position. The salary offered is £58,000 to £64,000 per annum, based on experience.


Many of our people work flexibly in different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about your preferred ways of working and if it works for the role and the team, we’ll do our best to accommodate.


To enable sustainable high performance in support of our mission, while prioritising the health and wellbeing of our people, we offer a 9-day fortnight. This is a way of working that encourages smarter planning and effective prioritisation, where each fortnight includes either a scheduled non-working day or a bank holiday. It is a flexible, non-contractual benefit that may adapt around business needs and periods of higher workload.


Beyond working alongside friendly, motivated colleagues who will support and challenge you, we offer a fantastic benefits package:


  • Generous holiday allowance: 25 days annually, plus public holidays and 3 extra days for our Christmas to New Year closure
  • 10% employer pension contribution: Non-contributory scheme available after three months’ service
  • Long-service reward: An additional day’s holiday after three and six years with us
  • Flexible and hybrid working: Supporting your work-life balance
  • Comprehensive health benefits: Cash plan and private medical insurance after completing probation
  • Family-first policies: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, plus support for fertility treatments
  • Wellbeing perks: Monthly wellbeing allowance and Headspace membership
  • Additional leave options: Paid leave for volunteering, moving house, and getting married
  • Peace of mind: Life assurance from your first day
  • Cycling support: E-bike and bike loan scheme up to £1,000
  • Travel made easier: Season ticket and e-bike membership loan scheme
  • Investing in you: Learning and development opportunities to help you thrive in a global, purpose-driven organisation


Apply now


Ready to make an impact? Apply now with your CV and a one-page cover letter that highlights how your experience and values align with our mission.


If you need further information, would like the job advert in an accessible format, or require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to Linda Gibson, Head of Legal, at lgibson@climategroup.org.


The closing date for applications is midnight GMT on Sunday 22nd March 2026. We’ll be holding interviews on a rolling basis, so we encourage early applications.


To be eligible for this position, you must already have the right to work in the UK. Climate Group is unable to sponsor work visas or cover any related costs, including cases where candidates are willing to cover the costs themselves.


We will not be working with recruitment agencies for this role.