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About the Role

This senior volunteer leadership role provides trusted, practical, and solutions-focused legal advice across the organisation. Working closely with the CEO, Executive Team, Board, and volunteer leaders, you will help Pride in London operate responsibly, meet its legal and regulatory obligations, and manage legal and commercial risk effectively. You will oversee a broad range of legal matters, including governance, contracts, data protection, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, disputes, and event-related legal issues. This role offers an opportunity to apply your professional expertise to an organisation with significant public reach and a clear community purpose.

Responsibilities

Provide clear, proportionate, and practical legal advice on matters affecting Pride in London.
Identify, assess, and help mitigate legal, regulatory, and commercial risks.
Support the CEO, Executive Team, Board, and volunteer leaders to make informed and legally sound decisions.
Establish appropriate processes for escalating significant legal risks to the CEO and Board.
Determine when specialist support is required and coordinate advice from pro bono counsel or external legal advisers.
Advise on the governance of London LGBT Community Pride CIC and its obligations as a community interest company.
Support compliance with the organisation’s Articles of Association, statutory responsibilities, policies, and relevant regulatory requirements.
Advise the Board and senior leadership on directors’ duties, delegations, decision-making, and other governance matters.
Support the review and development of governance documents, policies, and internal procedures.
Work collaboratively with the Company Secretary and other relevant leads to help maintain effective governance arrangements.
Draft, review, and negotiate a range of commercial agreements, including contracts with public authorities, suppliers, production partners, sponsors, strategic partners, venues, and service providers.
Provide advice on contractual obligations, liability, indemnities, termination rights, insurance requirements, and the management of commercial risk.
Support teams to develop consistent and effective contracting and approval processes.
Help ensure that contractual commitments are properly documented and understood by relevant stakeholders.
Provide advice on data protection and privacy matters, including compliance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Advise on intellectual property, licensing, branding, and content-related matters.
Support the development and review of relevant organisational policies and guidance.
Work with teams across Pride in London to promote proportionate and practical legal compliance.
Advise on potential or actual legal claims made by or against the organisation.
Support the management of disputes, complaints, mediation, and other resolution processes where legal input is required.
Work with external counsel where specialist advice or representation is necessary.
Help maintain appropriate confidentiality, privilege, and record-keeping in relation to legal matters.
Provide timely legal advice in support of the planning and delivery of Pride in London and its associated events and programmes.
Review event-related agreements, licences, permissions, and operational arrangements where required.
Be available during agreed key delivery periods to advise on urgent legal or contractual issues.
Work calmly and collaboratively in a fast-moving, high-profile event environment.
Act as a trusted and constructive adviser while maintaining appropriate professional independence.
Build positive working relationships across the organisation and make legal advice accessible to colleagues without legal backgrounds.
Support and, where appropriate, coordinate other legal volunteers or pro bono advisers.
Promote Pride in London’s values and contribute to an inclusive, respectful, and supportive volunteering culture.

Requirements

Qualification as a solicitor, barrister, or appropriately qualified legal professional in a UK jurisdiction, with relevant post-qualification experience.
Strong experience interpreting, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts and other legal documents.
Ability to provide clear, practical, and proportionate advice with a high degree of professional judgement.
Experience identifying and managing legal and commercial risk.
Understanding of good organisational governance and regulatory compliance.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal matters clearly.
Confidence communicating with and influencing senior leaders and Board members.
Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and respond effectively to time-sensitive matters.
A collaborative, flexible, and solutions-focused approach.
Commitment to Pride in London’s values of visibility, unity, and equality.
Experience working with a community interest company, charity, not-for-profit organisation, or volunteer-led organisation (desirable).
Knowledge of company law and the legal and regulatory framework applying to community interest companies (desirable).
Experience in contract law, commercial law, data protection, and UK GDPR including DSARs (desirable).
Experience advising on intellectual property, licensing, employment, or event-related legal matters (desirable).
Experience managing disputes, mediation, or legal claims (desirable).
Experience working with external counsel or coordinating pro bono legal support (desirable).
An understanding of the issues affecting LGBTQIA+ communities (desirable).

Skills

Legal advice
Risk management
Governance
Regulatory compliance
Commercial contracts
Contract negotiation
Data protection
UK GDPR
Intellectual property
Dispute resolution
Event legal issues
Communication skills
Influencing skills
Independent work
Prioritization
Problem-solving

Location

London

Work Type

Volunteer
Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
Post-qualification experience

Education Level

Solicitor qualification
Barrister qualification
Appropriately qualified legal professional

Benefits

Welcoming and supportive induction
Access to relevant learning and development opportunities
Opportunity to use expertise in support of LGBTQIA+ communities
Meaningful senior-level experience within a high-profile, purpose-led organisation
Opportunity to broaden professional and community networks
Central role in supporting the safe and successful delivery of Pride in London
Opportunities to connect and collaborate with a diverse and committed volunteer team
Chance to contribute to an organisation working to advance LGBTQIA+ visibility, unity, and equality

About the Company

Pride in London is London’s volunteer-powered LGBTQIA+ force.
We unite our communities, amplify their diversity, and stand together against inequality.
Pride remains both a celebration and a protest: a visible expression of who we are and a powerful platform for advancing equality, dignity, and freedom for all.
Around 150 volunteers work throughout the year to deliver Pride in London and our wider programme of activity.
We want our organisation, our leadership, and our events to reflect the full diversity of the communities we serve.

Equal Opportunity

We particularly welcome applications from people who are currently underrepresented within our volunteer leadership, including women, trans and non-binary people, disabled people and people from Black, Asian and other global majority communities.
We also welcome applications from people with a broad range of lived experiences and professional backgrounds.
Pride in London is committed to creating an inclusive volunteering environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and feels able to contribute fully.
The diversity of our volunteers strengthens our organisation.
Different identities, experiences, perspectives, and ways of thinking help us make better decisions and create events and programmes that reflect the communities we serve.
We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or caring responsibilities.
We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible.
Reasonable adjustments can be made at any stage of the application and selection process.