Legal Officer Asia, Trustlaw

5 months ago

Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Full time

Legal Officer, TrustLaw ,Segment - TR Foundation

**Do you love to solve problems and find better ways of getting things done? Do you love asking ‘why’ about pretty much everything? And does it make you happy when things are perfectly aligned and standardized? Can you pick the small pieces to create a big picture? Do you have the tendency to look into the end-to-end issue rather than just focusing on an incident? If so, then this role might be for you.**:
**About the Role,**
- Scoping legal pro bono requests from our community of NGOs and social enterprises
- Managing pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers and following up with the parties involved.
- Designing and managing multiple cross-border research programmes that address the most critical social and policy needs facing our NGO and social enterprise members.
- Supporting TrustLaw’s regional portfolio of law firms, corporations, referral partners, NGOs, social enterprises and other key stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific to ensure TrustLaw regional quality and growth metrics are met.
- Administering the service, for example through inputting into databases, planners, and trackers, running Salesforce reports, ensuring members have up-to-date contact information, inputting into quarterly reports, responding to requests for information, etc.
- Supporting the implementation of a regional strategy to expand and activate TrustLaw membership, ensuring we serve the best NGOs and social enterprises, as well as the strongest law firms and corporate in-house legal teams.
- Contributing to the TrustLaw global and regional annual strategy.
- Seeking out and developing fruitful relationships with potential partners and members to further the mission of TrustLaw.
- Executing a robust communications strategy for legal member events and promotion of TrustLaw publications.
- Maintaining a high profile in Asia and the Pacific by supporting and coordinating events for TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, including working group, panel discussions and workshops, among others.
- Assist with other duties related projects in the region as required.
- Provide support to TrustLaw activities across Asia and the Pacific, and globally as required.
- ** Shift timing - 9am to 6pm IST**

**About you**
- ** A lawyer (-LLB + 2 years PQE) with strong legal skills and experience in pro bono, international development or social change.**:

- Understanding of the legal and non-profit sectors in Asia and the Pacific, and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities that pro bono opportunities bring to law firms and legal teams.
- Organisational and project management ability and experience of managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- An exceptional communicator with strong writing skills and public speaking experience.
- Good at managing professional relationships and networking.
- Is goal oriented, dynamic, and creative.
- Commercial experience with a law firm or in-house would be favourable.
- Experience organizing events or trainings favourable.
- Fluent in English, other Asian languages favourable (Hindi or Thai would be preferred).
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

What’s in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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