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The Thomson Reuters Foundation stands for free, independent journalism, human rights, women’s empowerment, and the rule of law. We expose corruption worldwide and play a leading role in the global fight against human trafficking. We use the skills, values, and expertise of Thomson Reuters to run programmes that trigger real change and empower people around the world, including free legal assistance, journalism and media training, coverage of the world’s under-reported stories, and the Trust Women Conference.
The Foundation is recruiting a Legal Programme Manager, Southeast Asia for TrustLaw.
TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono program. Our mission is to spread the practice of pro bono worldwide to drive social change. We help high-impact NGOs and social enterprises to grow, streamline their operations and navigate complex laws and regulations by connecting them with free legal assistance from the best law firms around the world. We also deliver groundbreaking legal research on key social and policy issues that our members use to support their advocacy and law reform efforts.
Launched in 2010, TrustLaw has grown to include over 3,000 members, including over 600 law firms and in-house legal teams and over 2,600 NGO and social enterprise members.
The Foundation is seeking a highly skilled and dynamic lawyer to expand our award-winning TrustLaw programme across Southeast Asia. We have a growing presence in the region but see huge potential for continuing to broaden and deepen the reach of our service. We are looking for the ideal candidate to lead these efforts.
Responsibilities
Based in Thomson Reuters’ office in Bangkok, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting and expanding our service across Southeast Asia and will represent the Thomson Reuters Foundation in the region. This will include:
- Scoping legal pro bono requests from our community of NGOs and social enterprises so that the requests clearly explain the legal needs.
- Managing pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers and following up with the parties involved.
- Designing, scoping and managing multiple cross-border research programmes that address the most critical social and policy needs facing our NGO and social enterprise members.
- Designing and implementing strategies to expand the TrustLaw membership by recruiting and engaging the best NGOs and social enterprises, as well as the strongest law firms and corporate in-house legal teams in the region.
- Managing relationships with key TrustLaw members and facilitating their engagement with the service, through hosting events and regular communications.
- Representing TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation by speaking publicly about our work at conferences and other events.
- Supporting the team on thought leadership projects including the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono and TrustLaw training courses.
Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world’s businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.
Qualifications
- An experienced lawyer with strong legal skills. You will have at least 5 years’ post-degree work experience (ideally at least two of those years will have been spent in commercial private practice or working in an in-house corporate legal team).
- Experience, or a demonstrated interest, in the legal pro bono sector, with knowledge of key global pro bono trends and/or experience working with the charitable, philanthropic or social enterprise sector.
- Extensive experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of the Southeast Asia region generally, and of the legal and non-profit sectors in particular, and experience working in the region.
- Fluent in English, with excellent written and spoken communication skills and an ability to adapt messages to different audiences.
- Fluency in Thai is highly desirable.
- A confident public speaker and networker who can confidently present the Foundation and our work to a range of different audiences.
- Ability to work quickly under pressure, to prioritise work and meet deadlines to drive projects to completion.
- An independent self-starter able to design their own agenda and take responsibility to advance and complete projects.
- A strong team player, able to work remotely and communicate effectively with a global team.
- Experience using Salesforce is desirable.
This is a one-year contract with the potential to extend. This role will include a significant amount of travel across the region and occasionally to London. The salary is commensurate with experience.
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one – collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 50,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Bring your ambition to make a difference. We’ll bring a world of opportunities.
As a global business we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
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Job:
Legal & Regulatory Professionals Family Group
Primary Location:
Thailand-Bangkok-Bangkok-THA-Bangkok-U Chu Liang
Organization:
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Schedule:
Full-time
Education Level:
Bachelor’s Degree (±16 years)
Job Type:
Standard
Shift:
Day Job
https://jobs.thomsonreuters.com/job/bangkok/south-east-asia-programme-manager-legal/4680/3578423
