Admin and Network Coordinator Achill Legal
About the role:
A one-year maternity leave post, offered on a freelance basis for 2027 – with a month of handover Nov-Dec 2026.
Achill Legal is a climate and nature consultancy which empowers and equips the legal industry’s charge to face climate change with collaborative opportunity through the secretariat delivery of networks.
We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Network Coordinator to support law firm members across two leading sustainability networks.
Working Hours:
Part time: 21 hours per week (flexible) with Achill Legal.
There is potential for this role to include an additional 7 hours per week to support the delivery of The Bar Climate Leadership Programme.
Salary- £22-25 per hour depending on experience.
Freelance role, mainly remote regular meetings/events in central London.
3 months trial period.
Responsibilities:
Network support for the LSA and Legal Charter 1.5
Membership and admin:
- Managing the contacts, administration and database across all networks (via the Mailchimp and Capsule platforms).
- Updating member data and registration lists, running reports and setting up, uploading and managing contact and event information.
Including:
- Data entry for Capsule
- Maintaining mailing lists
- Support for members/signposting resources and expertise
- Support for outreach and new firm recruitment campaigns
Helping to integrate the BSN network into the LSA – widening the membership to include barristers’ chambers
Managing member outreach to new firms / chambers
Liaising with bookkeeper for finance/invoicing
Small team support function – i.e., occasional need to liaise with IT, research new software, book team meetings
Meetings:
- Setting up meetings for the LSA – to include Exec Board, Working Groups, LSA Directors meetings
- Setting up meetings for Legal Charter 1.5 – Working Groups, project meetings, Meetings for Charter Director
- Liaising with Charter Secretary to support board meetings
Comms:
Support the comms team by proof reading and scoping for member stories
Events:
From planning to delivery - support the team to deliver LSA events in anniversary year – this includes setting up online events, organising one off event at beginning and end of year (small event hosted by a law firm) and supporting the larger Mayday Summit. Including, but not limited to, organising speaker briefing calls, venue bookings, setting up the events on Luma/Teams and managing invitee lists
Skills:
- Excellent organisational skills
- Must be proactive and a team player
- Must haveexperience of CRM Management
- Must have extensive experience of Office 360, including Powerpoint, Word, Outlook
- Must have experience of multiple stakeholder management — comfortable working with people at different levels of seniority and with different interests, including external organisations and senior professionals with discretion
- Flexibility – ability to travel to central London for occasional events/meetings (reasonable expenses paid)
First stage interviews will be held via Teams on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th November.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
