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Residential Property Solicitor / Licensed Conveyancer / Legal Executive Remote | £35,000 – £45,000 Are you an experienced conveyancer ready for more freedom and flexibility in your career? An established and highly regarded law firm is looking for a Residential Property Solicitor, Licensed Conveyancer, or Legal Executive (3–5 years’ PQE) to join their growing team. You’ll handle a varied caseload of sales, purchases, remortgages, and transfers of equity, managing files from instruction through to completion. You’ll have full autonomy over your work but you won’t be on your own. The team prides itself on collaboration, support, and a genuine commitment to quality client care. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who wants to: • Take ownership of their files and work independently, • Be part of a firm that truly values its people, • Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely while maintaining a strong connection with a reputable team If you’re looking for a firm that combines trust, support, and freedom, this could be the perfect move for you. Apply today!

Head of Governance & Business Administration Closing date - 14 December 2025 Interview date - Fri 09 Jan (first stage), Fri 16 jan (second stage) We’re looking for a dynamic Head of Governance & Business Administration to play a pivotal role in ensuring our organisation runs with integrity, transparency, and impact. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how one of the UK’s most ambitious cultural organisations operates as we grow and evolve. In this role, you’ll lead on governance, risk management, and compliance, acting as Company Secretary and Data Protection Officer. You’ll oversee business planning and reporting, legal and insurance matters, procurement, and organisational policies – ensuring everything we do meets the highest standards. You’ll work closely with our Executive Director, Board of Trustees, and senior leadership team, building strong relationships and driving change that supports our vision for equality, inclusion, and sustainability. JOB SUMMARY To ensure that efficient governance, operational systems and controls are in place to manage Factory International’s Governance and Business Administration function. This includes governance and acting as Company secretariat, data protection and acting as Data Protection Officer, accountable for Business Plan Reporting, internal communication, oversight of Legal & Compliance, Risk Management, Insurance, Policies & Procedures and Procurement The key responsibilities for the Head of Governance & Business Administration include; Governance & Risk • Ensure robust governance frameworks and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, • Coordinate Board and Committee meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and distribution of papers, • Maintain statutory registers and ensure timely filing of returns and documents with regulatory bodies, • Support FI Executive and Board in proactively managing risk, and accurately reflecting via the Company Risk register, working closely with Directors to ensure quarterly updates are shared with the Executive Leadership and Board of Trustees (including relevant sub-committees), • Act as the organisational lead for Business Plan Reporting, ensuring alignment across all key grant funding agreements and business plan KPIs, • Oversee the annual cycle of statutory reporting to both public sector funders and trustees including all ad-hoc reporting requests across the business, • Attend key external stakeholder meetings with the Executive Director (e.g. MCC, ACE, GMCA) relating to reporting against grant agreements etc, • Ensure legislative and regulatory compliance in all systems and procedures around business administration, • Acting as lead organisational contact and budget holder for external legal support ensuring consistent processes are followed and value for money is achieved to meet the strategic needs of the business, • Ensure adequate data protection in place, devise and implement any additional process and/or training, and act as DPO, accessing external advice as appropriate, • Where required, support the achievement of essential consents such as Planning, Licence variations, Building Control, etc, • Acting as lead organisational contact for all Procurement Activity – working closely with the Executive Director to ensure consistent processes are followed and value for money is achieved to meet the strategic needs of the business, • Overall responsibility for control and oversight of the organisation’s suite of policies and procedures, including requests for new procedures ESSENTIAL • Demonstrable experience in developing and maintaining governance frameworks and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, • Proven experience coordinating organisational business planning and delivering statutory and grant-related reporting to funders and boards, • Ability to implement and maintain risk management processes, including accurate reporting to senior leadership and trustees, • Strong ability to build relationships and influence senior internal stakeholders (Exec, Board) and external partners (funders, regulators), • Experience leading cross-organisational initiatives and managing change in complex environments, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for preparing board papers, policies, and reports, • Commitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds, • Previous experience operating as a Company Secretary, • Previous experience acting as a Data Protection Officer and implementing GDPR compliance, • Understanding of governance requirements within charitable or cultural organisations, • Expertise in more than one of legal, data protection, procurement, or company secretariat, • Familiarity with governance and compliance in the cultural or creative industries, • Experience supporting governance and compliance during periods of significant organisational growth or transformation, • Enthusiasm for training, mentoring and support of emerging talent

Organisation: Transport Focus Role: Corporate Services Director Location: London or Manchester Salary: £85,000.00 gross per annum Benefits: Generous pension scheme and 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), employee assistance programme, flexible working (minimum 2 days a week in the office). About us We are the voice of Britain’s transport user. We ensure they’re at the centre of tomorrow’s policy decisions and that future investment in the transport network is focused on their needs and experiences. We listen to the public and find out their experience of using, or trying to use, Great Britain’s railways and England’s bus, tram and major road networks. We bring together transport providers and share these views so problems can be fixed but if they are more challenging to resolve, publish an improvement plan. Our analysis, drawn from data and insight across the industry, puts the voice of the transport user at the heart of decision making – in Westminster, Cardiff, Holyrood and with the Mayors of our great city regions. And that’s where you come in! This is an exciting opportunity for you to join an ambitious organisation at a pivotal time for transport users and for our people. About you We are interested in the skills and experience you bring, not just the job titles on your resume. Reflecting our ambition and commitment to be more representative of all transport users, we aim to build teams that draw upon the widest range of experiences, talent and ideas, and for that reason welcome applications from the broadest range of backgrounds and communities. What you will do • Contribute to the overall leadership and development of the organisation, developing and implementing strategy where necessary and substituting for the Chief Executive where appropriate, • Provide senior, strategic leadership to the delivery of significant parts of the Business Plan supporting and over-seeing the work of multi-disciplinary teams, • Provide finance, procurement, governance, facilities and other advice to the Chief Executive and the Board, ensuring that the Accounting Officer's responsibilities are fulfilled, • Support the Head of Board and Governance in ensuring that all legal and mandatory responsibilities of the organisation are met, and that the governance of the organisation supports effective decision making and planning Essential: • A strategic, inclusive leader with the ability to engage colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, • Committed to excellent standards of public service and passionate about the work of Transport Focus, • Experienced in operating at strategic level with responsibility for finance and or or more other corporate service functions (e.g. IT, facilities, business planning, governance, project management, risk management), • CCAB qualified accountant To apply, please click on the link below: Recruitment timetable Application deadline is 5pm, Wednesday 26th November Panel interviews are expected to go ahead in Manchester/London on 6th / 7th January If you require an adjustment to enable you to apply for the post in a way that best suits you, please contact the HR team at ___ before you submit your application.

Head of Reparations Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Salary: £92,000 plus benefits Contract : 3-year fixed term role, 35 hours per week Location: Hybrid/York Main purpose and scope of the job To develop and implement a comprehensive reparations programme which furthers JRCT’s charitable purposes for the public benefit and to act as a member of the senior leadership team. Position in Organisation Reports to: Chief Executive Responsible for: External advisory group, Intermediaries, Community Partners, legal advisors and other consultancy roles as required The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – a grant-making organisation working for a more peaceful and just society - is recruiting a head of reparations to develop and lead the next phase of our work responding to the histories connected to our endowment. As a member of the senior leadership team, and working with our chief executive and board, the postholder will design and lead a reparations programme that advances our charitable purposes for the public benefit and is aligned with our Quaker values. Key responsibilities include the development of a strategic plan; the development and management of relationships with community partners, historians, and legal experts; oversight of budgets and reporting; and partnership work with our leadership team to co-create a transparent and inclusive approach alongside our other strategic commitments. This is a rare opportunity to help shape an important and evolving area of work. The successful candidate will combine experience of leadership and strategic decision making, programme management, and a proven track record of managing complex projects and leading teams, with a commitment to ethical practice and JRCT’s values. They will bring a balanced and pragmatic approach - comfortable working where ideal solutions may need adapting to real-world constraints - and be flexible and able to travel in the UK and internationally. ___.

Blue Orchid Recruitment is proud to be exclusively supportingWestons Wills and Probate, a well-respected and long-standing law firm based inBewdley, renowned for its loyal client base, personable approach, and down-to-earth culture. Due to growth within this firm, it is transitioning over to become CILEX regulated enabling them to be able to carry out Probate Activities in accordance with the Legal...