Volunteer Head of Legal (Leadership Team)

Job Description

This is a senior volunteer leadership role providing trusted, practical and solutions-focused legal advice across the organisation. Working closely with the CEO, Executive Team, Board and volunteer leaders, you will help Pride in London operate responsibly, meet its legal and regulatory obligations and manage legal and commercial risk effectively.

You will oversee a broad range of legal matters, including governance, contracts, data protection, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, disputes and event-related legal issues. You will also help strengthen our internal legal processes and determine when specialist advice or support from external counsel is required.

This role offers an opportunity to apply your professional expertise to an organisation with significant public reach and a clear community purpose.

This volunteer role requires a regular commitment of approximately 6-8 hours each week. We will work with the successful candidate to agree a working pattern that is manageable alongside their other commitments.

Key responsibilities

• Legal advice and risk management

• Governance and regulatory compliance

• Commercial and contractual matters

• Data protection, intellectual property and compliance

• Claims and disputes

• Event and operational delivery

• Leadership and collaboration

What you will gain from volunteering with Pride in London

• A welcoming and supportive induction.
• Access to relevant learning and development opportunities.
• The opportunity to use your expertise in support of LGBTQIA+ communities.
• Meaningful senior-level experience within a high-profile, purpose-led organisation.
• The opportunity to broaden your professional and community networks.
• A central role in supporting the safe and successful delivery of Pride in London.
• Opportunities to connect and collaborate with a diverse and committed volunteer team.
• The chance to contribute to an organisation working to advance LGBTQIA+ visibility, unity and equality.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

Pride in London is committed to creating an inclusive volunteering environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and feels able to contribute fully.

The diversity of our volunteers strengthens our organisation. Different identities, experiences, perspectives and ways of thinking help us make better decisions and create events and programmes that reflect the communities we serve.

We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background or caring responsibilities.

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible. Reasonable adjustments can be made at any stage of the application and selection process.