About the role:At a time of growth and of new opportunities for the Foundation, we want to make faster progress to realise our vision of funding, supporting, researching, and innovating, so all disabled people can make the journeys they choose.
This is a brand new role based in our Innovation Team, working closely with Communications colleagues, to use our existing evidence base and that of our partners to develop robust policy positions.
Our Innovation Team aims to support the Foundation to reach more disabled people, and explores a wide range of current and future transport modes and technologies and how they could be made accessible.
(This role is a job share, 3 days per week, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)About the roleThe position is an in-house legal role, working as part of a Governance team at Motability Foundation, this is a job share between two part time professionals working 3 days per week.We are a Royal Charter company and our group structure includes an Endowment Trust and a trading subsidiary.You will provide legal advice and assistance to us and help manage legal risk.
Both Governance and Operational matters are supported so the Charity's overall interests may be advanced and protected.
This includes providing legal advice on a wide range of legal matters such as grants, contracts, disputes and other operational or governance matters.
The candidate would be required to take minutes at meetings and hearings, typing documents, collating files, updating interval databases and answering queries.
We have, over the past thirty years, implemented ideas and initiatives that have transformed the opportunities of pupils from working class and disadvantaged backgrounds.
The founder and sponsor of the Harris Federation, Lord Harris of Peckham, opened our first school in 1990.