Legal Projects Officer, TrustLaw

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Legal Projects Officer, TrustLaw

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is recruiting a dynamic Legal Projects Officer to support the delivery of legal activities on donor-funded projects. This role will work closely with CSOs and social enterprises focusing predominantly on human rights, social and economic justice, climate and just transition, connecting them with pro bono legal support from law firms around the world and helping to strengthen their operational and legal capacity.

You will report to a Legal Project Manager based in London, and will work closely with regional TrustLaw teams. The role will be based in our Nairobi office.

Key Responsibilities

Project Implementation

• Support the Legal Project Manager to develop, administer, implement and monitor progress against project plans, to ensure that activities and logistics are delivered in a timely manner.

• Conduct outreach to and onboard relevant civil society organisations, legal teams and other partners, and engage existing TrustLaw members.

• Scope and draft pro bono legal requests, and manage these legal requests from inception to completion, including connecting clients with lawyers in the TrustLaw network and following up with the parties involved.

• Design and manage cross-border legal research projects that address operational, advocacy, and policy needs of CSOs.

• Coordinate the development, design and dissemination of legal resources, tools and knowledge products.

• Organise and support the delivery of workshops, trainings, convenings and other events.

• Collect and compile data and information to support the projects’ Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) framework, including tracking key indicators, beneficiary feedback, and outcomes.

• Support knowledge capture and internal record keeping, including updating Salesforce and internal record-keeping systems, to ensure that networks, relationships and ongoing conversations are documented systematically.

External Coordination

• Actively support external project communications in collaboration with project teams, external engagement team, and project donors.

• Working closely with the Legal Project Manager, support the onboarding and management of project consultants including coordinating their workplans, deliverables and contractual obligations.

• Liaise with project stakeholders to support the planning, management and follow up of events and project activities.