Legal Projects Manager Job, Africa, TrustLaw at Thomson Reuters

• Manage and drive the delivery of legal activities on donor-funded projects in the region, including:
• Setting out project plans for delivery of legal activities
• Ensuring work is done on time, within budget, to the agreed scope and to a high quality
• Escalating delivery issues or changes in scope to the relevant TrustLaw Head
• Reporting internally and externally on progress, including to donors
• Working closely with members of the project team across TRF and inputting into project-wide work plans, results frameworks, etc.
• Serving as the TrustLaw point person on the project, ensuring the project aligns with TrustLaw’s and TRF’s processes, approach and priorities
• Deliver key activities and work products, including:
• Scoping and drafting pro bono legal requests from project beneficiaries
• Managing pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers
• Designing and managing cross-border legal research projects
• Managing the development of legal resources (e.g., trainings, guides, etc.)
• Facilitating the provision of advisory legal support to project beneficiaries
• Leading workshops, legal health checks, presentations and events
• Conducting outreach to TrustLaw members or partners
• Building processes, systems and tools to support the provision of legal support
• Coordinating the design and dissemination of legal resources
• Updating Salesforce and internal record-keeping systems
• Reviewing the project’s legal outputs for clarity, accuracy and alignment with TrustLaw standards
• Manage a team of one Senior Legal Officer and one Legal Officer, supporting their growth and performance in a fast-paced environment
• Support other projects and tasks as needed
• Work hours that overlap with global team availability, including some evening meetings each week

This is a fixed-term contract for 3 years starting in December 2022/January 2023.

The successful candidate will likely:

• Be an experienced lawyer (5+ years) with strong legal skills and experience with pro bono, international development or social change. Experience working in a law firm, NGO, media hous or in-house is a plus
• Have prior experience working in or demonstrated understanding of one of the following themes: media freedom, inclusive economies or human rights
• A good understanding of the legal and non-profit sectors in Africa and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities that pro bono opportunities bring to law firms and legal teams
• Have excellent research, drafting and analytical skills, including experience both developing and reviewing legal outputs and resources
• Bring experience managing the delivery of legal programming, resources and activities, ideally in a programme or project that is donor funded
• Have experience engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs and donors
• Be a strong team player with experience managing and supporting a team to achieve results
• Have strong organisational abilities, experience using databases and an ability to support a team to use systems and processes
• Bring experience delivering trainings, workshops and events on legal topics
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple priorities at once, with a high degree of creative and flexible thinking
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience inputting into a results framework and reporting on project results would be a plus