Job Description

Solicitor

50,627 to 54,448 per annum

40 Hours per week (5 days) / 52 weeks per year

Ideally based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. An alternative main office can be based in Bristol or West Midlands but will require travel to the Nailsworth Office 3 days per week.

We have an exciting opportunity for an English law qualified solicitor with circa 4+ years PQE to assist and support the Head of Legal Services to provide a pragmatic in-house legal advice service to the Ruskin Mill Trust Group and Ruskin Mill Land Trust Group and to support the mitigation of risk arising from any legal, regulatory, compliance or governance issues.

Main Duties will include:

To provide a professional, effective and all-round support service to the Trustees and senior leaders of the Ruskin Mill Trust Group and Ruskin Mill Land Trust Group as required with an emphasis on property matters (The role will have access to external, specialist, professional advisers, where required). To take the legal lead on property matters across the Trust working with colleagues in the property team, assisting with legal matters arising from capital development projects, and managing property acquisitions as required To pro-actively network internally and externally and to identify and implement best practice through policy development.
For the full remit of the role, please view the job description.

You may be required to travel to other Trust sites and evening and weekend work may be required.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

Closing date: Sunday 1st June 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 10th June 2025 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 50,627.00-54,448.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme On-site parking
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:

Nailsworth GL6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Are you a English law qualified solicitor with circa 4+ years PQE?
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/06/2025
Reference ID: INDHP