The National Lottery Community Fund
Senior Solicitor
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At The National Lottery Community Fund, we are driven by our strategy, ‘It starts with community’ and its four community-led missions, as well as our equity-based approach to tackling poverty, discrimination and disadvantage.
We are looking for a Senior Solicitor to join our in-house legal team on a full-time basis to work on a broad range of matters. The successful candidate will be required to provide legal advice across areas of law including but not limited to public law, charity law and general commercial law, including intellectual property, contracts and procurement.
You will also advise on subsidy control, information law and litigation issues, and provide practical legal advice to help further our Strategy, It Starts with Community, in a user-friendly way, to ensure that we are complying with our statutory and regulatory framework.
The role requires an ability to get up to speed with new areas of the law as the team deals with a very wide range of legal issues. The Senior Solicitor will use their legal knowledge and experience to improve the Fund’s internal processes.
You will generally manage your own portfolio of legal files (often on important new funding initiatives and partnerships) working in a highly collaborative, collegiate and supportive team, where the sharing of legal know-how and continuous improvement is highly valued.
As Senior Solicitor, you will be working in a Legal team of 14 colleagues. The role does not include any line management responsibilities but it does have matrix management responsibilities for more junior members of the team (Solicitors, paralegals and Legal officer).
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Key Responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice across areas of law including public law, charity law, general commercial law, intellectual property, contracts, procurement, subsidy control, information law, and litigation.
- Advise on practical legal matters to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory frameworks.
- Improve the Fund’s internal processes using legal knowledge and experience.
- Manage a portfolio of legal files, often related to new funding initiatives and partnerships.
- Collaborate with a team of 14 colleagues, sharing legal know-how and promoting continuous improvement.
- Have matrix management responsibilities for more junior team members.
Essential Criteria:
- UK qualified (or equivalent) solicitor or barrister.
- At least five years’ relevant post-qualification experience in private practice or in-house Legal in a medium/large sized organisation.
- Strong general commercial experience.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and good drafting and negotiation skills.
- Excellent communication and customer management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple demands and priorities with good organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to quickly upskill in new legal areas and use your initiative to proactively improve ways of working.
Interview Details:
- Interview Date: Week commencing 24th August 2026
- Format: Virtual
- Location: UK Wide
The role can be based in any of our UK offices (Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Newcastle), with hybrid home/office working arrangements available. It is expected that the candidate will attend the London office every couple of months for key meetings. Work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate.
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
How to Apply Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words), aligning your statement to the Essential criteria. We will use this to score your application.
Any questions about the role or the recruitment process, please email: recruitment@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
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