Director of Partnerships (maternity cover)

The deadline to apply for this position has now closed. We are currently reviewing applications and will be in touch with successful candidates regarding the next stage. We received a large number of applications for this position and so, unfortunately, will not be able to reply to individuals who have been unsuccessful.

We are recruiting for maternity leave cover for our Director of Partnerships. 

Salary: £62,000 per annum pro rata, with generous benefits including enhanced pension contribution and 25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Hours: 35 hours per week over five days

Contract type: fixed-term 8-month maternity cover. Expected start date: April 2022

You will report directly to our Executive Director. 

The role is advertised as “full-time”; however, we would be willing to consider flexible options including part-time hours. We may be prepared to consider a self-employed consultancy agreement or a secondment arrangement in certain circumstances.

Location: Central London, with some flexibility to work from home. Ideally, you should be within reasonable travelling distance of Good Law Project’s London office. The London office will be your contractual place of work.

About the role: We are looking for someone who can imagine a future in which discrete communities cohere around what they have in common and who also has the skills to bring that world closer. 

We want to extend our reach in civil society through forming, strengthening and diversifying partnerships and collaborations, all in service of our mission of using the law for a better world.  

We envisage partnering with organisations who work with communities or on issues in which we have a shared interest; who have particular operational strengths that Good Law Project lacks; or who deliver functions Good Law Project would like to promote, including around how the law can be used to catalyse the desire for a better world. 

About Good Law Project: Our mission is to achieve change through the law. We defend, define and change the law to protect the environment, uphold democracy, and ensure no one is left behind. We recognise the value of our employees, individually and collectively. We entrust our commitment and investment in their welfare. Together, we can make change happen.

Further information: Please view the job pack, which includes the job description, person specification, the Good Law Project mission statement and values, and how the role fits into the current Good Law Project team. Here is the link to the job pack.

How to apply: Please send us one 3-page document consisting of:

• your CV (max one page) 
• your covering letter of no more than two pages outlining:
  • why you are interested in the role
  • how you meet the requirements
  • what motivates you to work at Good Law Project
  • how your skills and experience would make you a suitable candidate for this role
  • include details of two referees
  • your availability to interview on 19 January 2022

We ask all candidates to send their 3-page document to jobs@goodlawproject.org using the subject heading, “Director of Partnerships Maternity Cover”.  The deadline for application is 11pm on 7 January 2022.

Interview details: We intend to hold interviews for short-listed candidates via Zoom on 19 January 2022. If you cannot make this date, please let us know in your covering letter. It’s important that you check your junk mail for emails from Good Law Project as well as your main inbox

Encouragement of equal opportunity: We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), LGBT or relationship status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion, belief, sex or social class. We particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates and/or those with lived experience of disadvantage.

Reasonable adjustments: If there are any reasonable adjustments we could make to help you with the application process please get in touch with jobs@goodlawproject.org. 

We look forward to hearing from you and best of luck with your application.