Edinburgh /Glasgow
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm – part time working and flexible hours will be considered

Lindsays is a full-service law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent and outstanding service to clients. Our specialist teams offer a diverse range of services, allowing us to cater to the individual needs of a wide range of clients. The firm maintains strong commercial property and construction, residential property and private client departments and has an expanding range of corporate and commercial services, encompassing company law, corporate finance, intellectual property, technology, employment, charity law and rural property, all of which enjoy an excellent reputation in the marketplace.

With 53 Partners and over 300 staff, our goal is to have the right staff with the right skills to ensure we have superb people to advise and support clients. We are committed to investing in our people and believe in helping our staff succeed. Lindsays is a full-service law firm with a reputation for providing an excellent and outstanding service to clients. Our Charities & Third Sector Group acts for a wide range of clients from well-known charities to innovative start-ups, and from international networks to local community groups and sports clubs. 
Our Charities & Third Sector Group 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.

The role

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

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.
• Take part in regular departmental business meetings.
• 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.

If you are interested in applying for the above role and possess the relevant experience please send your CV, including a note of your current salary, to Rosie Ramsay, HR Advisor, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8HE or email: recruitment@lindsays.co.uk. 

Please note, whilst we don’t have a set closing date, we may close this vacancy early if we receive significant numbers of applications. We may also interview candidates on a rolling basis. 

Diversity & Inclusion

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. 

Equal Opportunities

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.

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