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Recruitment Manager at The Salvation Army
Working hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week
Interview Date: 1st Stage Interview - week commencing 4th August 2025 (Please note the interview process will consist of 2 stages and the 2nd stage interview date is TBC)
One of the UK’s oldest and largest charities, The Salvation Army, is looking for a General Counsel and Company Secretary to support its work in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Salvation Army has one of the widest ranges of charitable work in the United Kingdom, providing social and community services to all ages, supporting survivors of modern-day slavery, helping people experiencing homelessness and supporting individuals struggling with addiction, and those seeking employment. With a turnover of £350m and around 4,500 employees, it has been combating social inequality and transforming lives for over 150 years
Key Responsibilities As General Counsel and Company Secretary you will be a key advisor to The Salvation Army and an active attendee at the Board of Trustees and all key Executive boards/committees, making an important and lasting contribution to the broader strategic direction of the organisation. Reporting to the Chief Secretary, with direct access to the Chair of Trustees, and working extensively with the Board of Trustees and senior executives, you will line-manage an Assistant Company Secretary and The Salvation Army’s Legal Services Unit (10 people), ensuring the delivery of high quality and pro-active legal advice to key stakeholders throughout the organisation, across its many, varied services and functions.
The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:
* Extensive experience as a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales, preferably in an in-house legal team within a large and complex organisation and with relevant subject matter expertise.
* Senior leadership experience with the ability to advise Trustees, Board members, senior managers and employees on a range of complicated legal, strategic and business areas.
* A comprehensive understanding of the role of Company Secretary within a large and complex organisation and knowledge of relevant governance areas
* Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to convey complex information to stakeholders and so influence decision making, behaviours and culture.
* Proven ability to develop successful strategic plans with a 3-5 year time horizon.
* Strong financial management skills, with experience of setting and managing function/unit budgets.
* Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical reasoning skills.
* The credibility to represent the organisation at the highest levels of government/regulatory bodies.
* Ideally, experience of successfully managing employees to deliver objectives and of developing/training staff.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and relevant qualifications
For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click here and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.
Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.
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