Legal Projects Manager

Join a team which leverages media, legal and data-driven expertise to strengthen independent journalism, enable access to the law and promote responsible business.

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At a glance

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We are the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s leading content and technology companies. A registered charity in the UK and the USA, our expertise is embedded across the globe.

For more than 40 years, we have promoted the highest standards in journalism by training reporters around the world to cover issues relevant to their local context, accurately and impartially. Today, we aim to foster free, fair, and informed societies by harnessing the power of the media, the law, and data intelligence.

We do this by informing, empowering and equipping key actors working in our areas of focus so that their decisions can have a positive impact on people, society and the environment. Our unique combination of media and legal expertise enables us to deliver targeted capacity-building programmes, research, news, legal support and convenings that support our mission. Together, we can shape a prosperous planet where no one is left behind.

We are seeking a Legal Projects Manager to join the TrustLaw team in London to drive and deliver the legal and programmatic activities for key donor-funded projects and serve as the point person and lead for TrustLaw on these projects.

You will report into the Senior Legal Programmes Advisor (based in Nairobi) and work closely with TrustLaw team members and other departments across TRF globally.

Please note, this is a 12-month fixed term contract until November 2025.

Key Responsibilities

As a Legal Projects Manager at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Manage and drive the delivery of legal activities on donor-funded projects, including setting out project plans for delivery of legal activities and ensuring work is done on time, within budget, to the agreed scope and to a high quality.
• 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 managing the development and dissemination of legal resources (e.g., training materials, guides, etc.), delivering and coordinating delivery of training, workshops, and other capacity building activities for CSOs, media houses and journalists, in partnership with the Programmes team
• Managing legal requests (pro bono or paid ones), including scoping and drafting legal requests from project beneficiaries and connecting clients with lawyers 
  Support other projects and tasks as needed. 

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