Charities Lawyer

The role

The Sports, Education and Charities team is an exciting and dynamic team which works with a broad range of clients nationally across all three sectors.  The nationally recognised team works daily on a broad and varied range of matters, from day to day legal advice through to a range of interesting projects including mergers, collaborations and restructures.

The successful candidate should have:

• experience in relation to a full range of charity law issues;
• experience and good working knowledge of:
• the legal structures of charities and ‘not for profit’ organisations;
• constitutional and governance issues;
• mergers and restructuring;
• fundraising;
• trading and commercial agreements; and
• excellent people and client management skills.

Experience with clients in and familiarity with the sports and/or education sectors would be an advantage.

So who are we looking for?  We want a charities lawyer, 5 years plus PQE, with strong technical ability in this area of law who enjoys delivering great client service.  We are looking for a team player who can easily integrate into a busy and active team, supporting on its business development strategy.  An individual who is willing to get involved with all areas of business development, is proactive and can interact well with clients and colleagues and take responsibility for creating practical, commercial solutions for our clients.  

You can also take advantage of our agile working policy which allows our people to work 2 or 3 days per week from anywhere, depending upon business needs, providing excellent services to various organisations throughout the UK and beyond.

The Muckle Team

The sports, education and charities team is a key part of the wider Muckle LLP team, which is over 190 people strong and we are all based at a single site office in central Newcastle upon Tyne – a city we have operated from for over 100 years.  We also have a Cumbria Hub, which our team can use as a base when working in the North West.

Muckle LLP has a long-standing commitment to agile working, enabling our team to work from wherever is most suitable for them. Our modern office facilities complement this flexibility, ensuring our people have everything they need to deliver excellent service to our clients and each other.

Our people and values

Our people are the foundation of our business, and everything we do is underpinned by our four core values:

• Trust – we trust each other to do the right thing
• Teamwork – we are one team and work selflessly for each other
• Responsibility – we are self-starters and take responsibility for how we work together and communicate
• Care – we care about our people, clients and community

It means, no matter who you speak to, we provide the same excellent service from people who do what they say, on time and on budget, every time. That’s the Muckle way.

Our culture

We want everyone to understand how our business is run and encourage all our people to get involved.  We are also proud of the communities in which we live and work and give our people many ways to support them.

For example, you could use your two days’ paid volunteering leave to support a local cause you care about or nominate them for a grant from our Muckle Fund at the Community Foundation.

From workplace running, netball, cycling and walking clubs to fun events organised by our BEAM (Being Engaged At Muckle) team and participation in our Green Team to help make the business as environmentally friendly as possible, we’ve created a unique and award-winning place to work:

• B Corp Certified™ - the first law firm in the North East and Cumbria to achieve this accreditation, we are leading the charge in ethical and sustainable business practices within our region and it forms the next part of our ESG strategy and continuous improvement
• Investors In People Platinum award accreditation
• North East Best Place to Work 2024 and 2023
• North East Business of the Year 2023
• North East Better Health at Work Maintaining Excellence award
• Advanced Good Work Pledge
• Award for Most Inspiring Employer (large business) 2022 and 2023 at the Inspiring Females Awards run by the North East of England Chamber of Commerce 

We are really proud of the results of our recent Investors In People survey, in which 99.2% of our people believe Muckle is a great place to work and 100% share the firm’s values.  Our overall results place Muckle LLP in 147th position for ALL Investors in People organisations (of which there are over 10,000 throughout the world) and 2nd for legal firms globally.

So how does all that sound? If you’re looking to work in a friendly, open environment and want to develop your career in a forward thinking, commercial North East law firm, then this is an excellent opportunity.