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Roles & Responsibilities
As a MENA Project Manager, TrustLaw at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:
- Build and manage relationships with civil society organisations (CSOs), independent media and law firms across the MENA region (with focus on UAE and likely Lebanon), through targeted outreach, network building, and in-person or virtual meetings.
- Build and activate strategic partnerships across the broader MENA region.
- Develop and run a needs assessment to map and understand the legal challenges and pro bono capacity in the UAE and MENA region, and identify opportunities, resources, etc to fill the gap.
- Support organisations to access pro bono legal services and coordinate its delivery, leveraging the TrustLaw platform and international expertise.
- Organise and facilitate in-person and virtual workshops, trainings, and capacity-building events in partnership with participating law firms.
- Scope and oversee development of legal guides, training materials, and research outputs that serve both pro bono clients and the broader ecosystem, leveraging the pro bono support of participating law firms.
- Maintain our CRM/database system (Salesforce) to track project activities, stakeholder engagement, and reporting.
- Prepare reports for both internal and external stakeholders, including donors.
- Represent TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation at relevant external meetings, events, and forums in the UAE.
Desired Candidate Profile
To be our Project Manager, TrustLaw, you will likely have:
- Significant project management experience, ideally in the legal, CSO and/or media freedom sectors within the UAE and wider MENA region.
- A good understanding of the legal and non-profit sectors in the UAE and wider MENA region, and ideally, prior exposure to legal pro bono.
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage multi-stakeholder networks. Excellent communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Experience working on donor-funded projects, including monitoring, reporting, and compliance.
- Experience in designing and delivering capacity-building workshops or legal training is desirable.
- Proficient in using databases or CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) for project tracking and reporting.
- Ability to work collaboratively with international colleagues, including occasional meetings outside standard working hours.
- Willingness to travel within the UAE as required; must have the right to work in Dubai.
- Fluency in English and Arabic is essential.
- A legal qualification (or significant experience in a legal/pro bono environment) is preferred.
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Thomson Reuters
Join a team which leverages media, legal and data-driven expertise to strengthen independent journalism, enable access to the law and promote responsible business. We are the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, one of the world s leading content and technology companies. A registered charity in the UK and the USA, our expertise is embedded across the globe. For more than 40 years, we have promoted the highest standards in journalism by training reporters around the world to cover issues relevant to their local context, accurately and impartially. Today, we aim to foster free, fair, and informed societies by harnessing the power of the media, the law, and data intelligence. Our global pro bono legal network, TrustLaw, works with leading law firms and corporate legal teams to facilitate free legal support, research and resources for civil society organisations, social enterprises and non-profit independent media around the globe. As the largest pro bono legal network in the world, TrustLaw draws on the expertise of more than 120,000 lawyers in 190 countries. We leverage the power of the law to protect, support and empower organisations at the frontlines of social or environmental change, and to strengthen and defend independent media and the civic space.