Senior Programme Officer, TrustLaw, EMENA at Thomson Reuters · Madrid

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TrustLaw

TrustLaw is the global pro bono service of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. As the world’s leading pro bono legal service, TrustLaw helps high-impact civil society organisations, social enterprises, and independent media to grow, streamline their operations, and navigate complex laws and regulations by connecting them with free legal assistance from leading law firms and corporate legal teams around the world. We also deliver groundbreaking legal research on key social and policy issues that our members use to support their advocacy and law reform efforts, and deliver innovative capacity-building workshops.

The Foundation is recruiting a dynamic Senior Programme Officer to help expand, strengthen, and innovate our TrustLaw programme in Europe, and support the delivery of strategic projects in the region. Reporting to the Senior Legal Programme Manager, EMENA, and working closely with the regional Senior Legal Officer and (London-based) Programme Officer, the Senior Programme Officer will play a key role in supporting TrustLaw’s community of civil society organisations, social enterprises and independent media organisations, and support the team on thought leadership initiatives.

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Senior Programme Officer, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the delivery of projects designed to strengthen the resilience of civil society and independent media in the region.

• Building and stewarding relationships with civil society organisations, social enterprises and independent media organisations in the region.

• Designing and implementing strategies to expand and diversify our community of NGO and social enterprise members in the region.

• Supporting the engagement of pro-bono legal service providers in the region to strengthen TrustLaw’s networks in the region.

• Administering the TrustLaw service, including recruiting and vetting new members, collecting feedback, fielding questions, updating databases, and running reports.

• Managing pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers, collecting feedback and following up with the parties involved.

• Contributing to the TrustLaw global annual strategy, and supporting the implementation of a regional strategy to expand and activate TrustLaw membership, ensuring we serve the best NGOs, social enterprises and independent media organisations, as well as the strongest law firms and corporate in-house legal teams.

• Executing a robust communications, engagement and outreach strategy that includes member events, promotion of TrustLaw publications, and newsletters.

• Maintaining a high profile for TrustLaw in Europe by attending, supporting and coordinating events for TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, including by speaking publicly on our work at panels, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, trainings, conferences or other speaking engagements.

• Assisting with other duties as required and providing surge capacity support.

About You

You are a fit for the role of Senior Programme Officer if your background includes:

• 2-3 years of experience in the NGO, social enterprise or social impact sector;

• A good understanding of the NGO social enterprise, and social impact sectors in Europe;

• Experience of delivering donor funded-projects, and project management or co-ordination;

• A good understanding of the legal services sector and legal pro-bono is highly favourable;

• Prior experience working on issues of media freedom, responsible business, digital rights, or human rights would be a plus;

• Experience of service delivery in the NGO sector is highly favourable;

• Excellent time management and organisational skills including the ability to effectively and independently manage multiple matters and projects in a fast-paced environment;

• Excellent research, drafting and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail;

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – able to establish and maintain positive working relationships internally and externally with people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds;

• Being ambitious, dynamic, and creative;

• Experience in Salesforce would be favourable, experience working with databases essential;

• Experience organising events or trainings would be favourable;

• Fluency in English, other languages favourable (e.g. Spanish, French, German);

• Willingness to travel internationally; and

• Pre-existing right to work in Spain.

This is a full-time, remote role based in Spain. The salary is relative to the local charitable sector and will be commensurate with experience.

How to Apply

• The deadline for applications is 10 April 2026. However, applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the post is filled.

• To apply for this position, send your CV and cover letter in English, describing how you meet the specifications for this role, what you bring to it, and your availability to start. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

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