Legal Project Manager, Thomson Reuters
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Financial news and financial data provider
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Financial news and financial data provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To help professionals advance their businesses and gain competitive advantage with the trusted answers only we can provide.
Role
Who you are
- Be an experienced lawyer (5+ years) with strong legal skills and experience with pro bono, international development or social change. Experience working in a law firm, NGO, media house or in-house legal team is a plus
- Have prior experience working in or demonstrated legal understanding of one of the following themes: access to law; safeguarding independent media; shrinking civic space; or responsible business
- An understanding of the challenges and opportunities that pro bono opportunities bring to law firms and legal teams. A good understanding of the legal and non-profit sectors in Europe or Asia would be an advantage
- Be fluent in English. Fluency in French or Spanish would be an advantage
- Have excellent research, drafting and analytical skills, including experience both developing and reviewing legal outputs and resources
- Bring experience managing the delivery of legal programming, resources and activities, ideally in a programme or project that is donor funded
- Have experience engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs and donors
- Be a strong team player with experience managing and supporting a team to achieve results
- Have strong organisational abilities, experience using databases and an ability to support a team to use systems and processes. Experience in Salesforce would be favourable
- Bring experience delivering trainings, workshops and events on legal topics
- Experience inputting into a results framework and reporting on project results would be a plus
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple priorities at once, with a high degree of creative and flexible thinking
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
What the job involves
- The Thomson Reuters Foundation is recruiting a dynamic Legal Project Manager to drive and deliver the legal and programmatic activities for key donor-funded projects and serve as the point person and lead for the Access to Law team on these projects
- You will report to the Head of Special Projects, and work closely with regional TrustLaw team members. This position is based in our London office
- Manage and drive the delivery of the legal activities on donor-funded projects, initially a global project facilitating legal support to our donor’s grantees, then other funded projects as they arise, including:
- Setting out project plans for delivery of legal activities
- Ensuring work is done on time, within budget, to the agreed scope and to a high quality
- Escalating delivery issues or changes in scope to the relevant Access to Law Head
- Reporting internally and externally on progress, including to donors
- Working closely with members of the project team across TRF and inputting into project-wide work plans, results frameworks, etc
- Serving as the TrustLaw technical lead and point person on the project, ensuring the project aligns with TrustLaw’s and TRF’s processes, approach and priorities
- Deliver key activities and work products, including:
- Scoping and drafting pro bono legal requests from project beneficiaries, and connect the pro bono clients with lawyers
- Managing the development, design and dissemination of legal resources (e.g., trainings, guides, etc.)
- Leading workshops, legal health checks, presentations and events
- Conducting outreach to current or potential TrustLaw members or partners
- Reviewing the project’s legal outputs for clarity, accuracy and alignment with TrustLaw standards
- Updating Salesforce and internal record-keeping systems
- Work closely with Business Development colleagues to develop potential new legal programming proposals
- Support other projects and tasks as needed
- This is a fixed-term contract for 2 years based in London, starting as soon as possible
Application process
- The deadline for applications is 29th June 2026
- To apply for this position, submit your CV and a cover letter in English, describing how you meet the specifications for this role and provide your availability to start. Applications without a cover letter that contains this information will not be considered
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Our take
Thomson Reuters is reinventing the way professionals work. The multinational media conglomerate provides answers that help professionals make better decisions to run smarter businesses. It targets those in complicated sectors that move society forward; tax, law, compliance, government, and media.
Founded over 165 years ago, the company is now powered by thousands of international journalists. This bandwidth guarantees speed, impartiality, and insight that have helped Thomson Reuters retain its position a market leader. To stay competitive with companies founded in the digital era, Thomson Reuters places emphasis on helping clients reinvent themselves for the newly disruptive digital age.
As well as investing in the coverage of growth markets India and China, and embarking on a number of fintech acquisitions, Thomson Reuters announced an expansion of its long-term partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group in 2023. Together, they plan to enhance the value of financial and market news services to LSEG customers, whilst delivering a superior experience to professionals around the world.
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(CEO & President)Previously served as Senior Advisor for TPG, CEO for Creative Artists Agency, Global President & Chief Operating Office for Nielsen, and as a Partner for McKinsey & Company.
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