AULP Executive Officer

The Association of University Legal Practitioners (AULP) is the association for in-house lawyers working in Higher Education. Our members are drawn from in-house teams across Great Britain and Ireland, who wish to share their knowledge and experience to tackle common challenges arising in the Higher Education sector. Working together, we aim to help shape sector-wide responses to emerging issues, provide a safe environment to share technical legal and strategic challenges, and offer peer to peer support for legal teams of all sizes. 

AULP supports its members to help the sector operate effectively through an increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape, identifying and managing risks across the whole range of legal issues Higher Education Institutions face. AULP also creates professional development and career progression opportunities for its members – helping the sector’s lawyers to be the best they can be. We are led by an Executive Committee, who meet monthly with diverse representatives from a range of institutions, in terms of size and geography.  

We are looking for an Executive Officer to join our team and perform a crucial strategic support role for the Association of University Legal Practitioners (AULP). We are looking for a candidate who can work 0.4 fte, but there will be 2-3 weeks a year where we need the candidate to work full time, to support our main conference. Time off in lieu will be given. 

The successful candidate will become an essential part of the team, acting as the lead representative and strategic support to the AULP Executive Committee. Working closely with colleagues, you’ll need to work efficiently and with attention to detail, display excellent customer service skills, and relate well to members. You will develop, organise and run an events programme, manage projects and work alongside the Executive Committee to deliver the AULP strategy. 

The post-holder reports to the PHES Managing Director and has line management responsibility for the AULP Membership Officer. This role will be home-based and include some UK travel and occasional overnight stays around key meetings and conferences. 

AULP offers a competitive salary between £30,805 - £38,249 pro rata dependent on qualifications and experience. A defined contribution pension scheme is offered with 7.5% employee and 16% employer contribution rates, together with life insurance. We offer 30 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays and discretionary days’ office closure. Support for CPD and appropriate training will be given. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. You can read our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy online. 

Closing date: 23/04/2025 at noon 

If you have any questions about the role, please contact recruitment@phes.ac.uk

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