qLegal Project Coordinator

Location: QM London

Duration: 12 months

Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.00

Working Hours (Per Week): 35.00

Job Pack

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Contact Details  

Karen Watton
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Legal Education (tpp)
k.watton@qmul.ac.uk 

About the Role

We are seeking to recruit a qLegal Project Coordinator at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies who will work under the qLegal Teaching Fellow, to assist in the day-to-day operation and running of the Externships Porgramme. You will also be dealing with the increasing demands of clients and administrative duties relating to qLegal, supporting qLegal student experience, alumni development activities, entrepreneurs and start-ups.

About You

Candidates must be educated to at least A Level or equivalent or equivalent professional experience and Substantial experience of working in a busy office environment in a client-centered role.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

qLegal is Queen Mary University of London’s award-winning pro bono commercial law clinic supporting tech start-ups and entrepreneurs, situated within the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). qLegal celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2024.

qLegal provides a wide range of programmes in which master’s law students provide free legal and business support to start-ups. These programmes include credit-bearing modules for students to undertake as part of their master’s degree; a legal advisory clinic; a Future of Law programme; and an Externships programme in which students are placed within a start-up as part of a broader educational programme.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

The post is based at the Lincoln Inns Fields Campus in London. It is full time, 12 month fixed term appointment, with an expected start date in March 2025. The starting salary will be Grade 3, in the range of £32,321 - £39,065 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to (Karen Watton) at k.watton@qmul.ac.uk

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

Closing Date : 16/02/2025, 23:55