Nicola Marshall
Posted:
24/11/2011
Was in:
Farrer & Co, Solicitor, sports/general commercial, London
Now in:
| Charities, NGOs and not-for-profit |
| Alternatives within legal practice -> In-House |
Went about it:
I left to become Compliance Officer at Save the Children, a large international charity based in London. I have now secured a 12 month secondment to their strategy team which is a totally non legal job. I scoured internet sites and jobs pages of all the major charities. I wanted to make the move straight into non legal jobs but found this difficult as people find it difficult to see beyond your legal background. I therefore took an in-house job to make the transition easier. Once at Save the Children, I got involved in as many non legal/compliance projects as possible which allowed me to make the move across to the strategy team. I also joined the organisation's emergency response standby team and am currently in Kenya.
My main motivation was to try to 'save the world'! I have always been interested in voluntary/charity work and really wanted to spend my full time job on the same.