Commercial Solicitor

Actively Reviewing the Applications

Community Integrated Care

On-site

Posted 3 hours ago • Apply by June 15, 2026

Job Description

Use your legal expertise to protect, enable and grow a national charity making a real difference.

We’re looking for a Commercial Solicitor with 2-5 years PQE to join our charity in a pivotal in‑house role. You’ll provide expert legal advice across contracts, property, procurement and risk, helping safeguard our assets, protect our reputation and enable confident, compliant decision‑making across the organisation.

This is a varied, hands‑on role where your legal insight will directly support operational leaders, mitigate legal risk and help the charity deliver its purpose across England and Scotland.

This is a full time permanent role with travel to our head office in Widnes at least once a week so our ideal candidate will be based within an hours commute of Widnes.

What is "The Deal" for you?

Flexibility: You can work your 37.5 hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or split the hours over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
Pension: contributory pension scheme
Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives bolder
Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life

As Commercial Solicitor, you’ll play a key role in managing legal risk and supporting sustainable growth.

In this varied and high-profile role, your responsibilities will include:

Reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, including publicly procured tenders, supplier agreements, service level agreements and housing arrangements
Managing property matters such as leases, licences, heads of terms, disposals and legal charges to ensure statutory compliance and asset protection
Providing clear, pragmatic legal advice on operational matters including housing, fire safety, environmental and regulatory compliance
Resolving contractual and debt‑related disputes effectively, protecting the charity’s financial position and reputation
Drafting procurement documentation to support transparent, compliant sourcing of goods and services
Instructing and working with external solicitors where specialist advice is required
Staying up to date with legislation and best practice to ensure robust, current legal guidance across the organisation

Our Ideal Candidate

You’ll be a confident, commercially focused solicitor who enjoys working collaboratively in an in‑house environment.

Essential

Qualified solicitor with 2-5 years PQE
Experience of commercial contracts, property or regulatory matters in a public, private or third‑sector setting
Strong understanding of statutory and regulatory compliance
Proven ability to identify, assess and mitigate legal and commercial risk
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain legal issues clearly to non‑legal stakeholders

Desirable

Experience working with or advising charities or public sector organisations
Exposure to procurement, policy development or project‑based legal work
A proactive, solutions‑focused approach to improving legal processes

Why Join Us?

A genuinely impactful role supporting a national charity
Broad, varied legal work with real influence on organisational decisions
Strong collaboration with senior operational leaders
Opportunity to develop your in‑house career in a supportive, values‑led environment
Infrequent national travel only

Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.

Interested and want to know a bit more?

To find out more about our charity check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zYkoj7x8s

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.

In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34.

The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones - and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.