Hybrid: From home and from our office at Amsterdam Central Station
Salary: up to €45,000 - €58,000 plus excellent secondary benefits (see below)
Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
IMPORTANT: you should be living in the Netherlands
The RIPE NCC Legal Team is seeking a reliable and organised Legal Counsel to help support daily operational activities in our Amsterdam office’s Legal Department. We are a team of five lawyers responsible for all legal aspects of the organisation. We define the RIPE NCC’s legal framework and provide legal advice and support across the organisation. We work closely together as a team, while also giving you the opportunity to work independently.
Our ideal candidate is someone who is reliable, organised, and has good verbal and written communication skills. Integrity is also a crucial aspect of the role.
What you will be doing You will be supporting the Legal Department’s work on:- Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and company policies and procedures, including researching, analysing and interpreting law and its impact on the organisation’s operations.
- Enhancing the legal framework of the organisation and services, through the drafting of agreements and T&Cs, organisational procedures, and policies.
- Providing legal advice to colleagues and departments, through managing a variety of assigned legal activities and projects.
- Supporting the Arbiter’s secretariat in all its administrative and legal duties within the scope of the function assigned to or required within the RIPE NCC.
- Master’s degree in Law (LLM).
- Minimum 0-2 years of experience.
- A fast learner with strong analytical skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English (Dutch is a plus).
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
- Ability to work harmoniously in a multicultural environment.
Part of our pay policy is that we offer attractive total remuneration. While some companies may offer higher base salaries, at the RIPE NCC we take pride in offering outstanding secondary benefits that truly set us apart. Beyond the tangible perks, you’ll also gain the invaluable reward of working for a mission-driven organisation—where your contributions have a real and lasting impact on the Internet and the internet community we serve.
We offer:- A modern, flexible and informal work environment in the heart of Amsterdam, with an emphasis on a healthy work/life balance.
- A hybrid working policy under which you can combine working from the office with working from home. Working from abroad for a number of days per year is also possible.
- 30 vacation days, plus three collective days, plus public holidays.
- A gross health insurance compensation for you and, if applicable, your partner, and your children under 21 years old. This means that RIPE NCC pays the largest part of your health insurance; you will only pay the taxes.
- An excellent non-contributory pension scheme. We pay for the whole premium, while most of the organisations in the Netherlands ask the employee for some contribution.
- A generous education budget of €2,250 per year so you can keep learning and developing your skills.
- Dutch language lessons for international colleagues. If we relocate you with your partner, we also offer this for your partner.
- An annual health budget of €750 gross that you can spend on sport classes, a mindfulness course, a chair massage, etc.
- An annual budget of €1,600 gross for your Internet connectivity and technology at home.
- When travelling with public transport, your transportation costs will be covered by a first-class train ticket to our Amsterdam office and/or KM allowance.
- An additional annual transportation budget of €500 gross that you can use on a bike or GVB card, for example.
- A sport hour per week for doing sports or fitness during work hours.
- A home office furniture budget for a healthy, ARBO-proof work setup at home.
- An organisation-wide internal training programme designed to develop critical soft skills—like feedback, resilience and leadership—giving you the tools to excel in your career and beyond.
- An in-house free barista providing healthy varied lunches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and nice breakfasts on Thursdays, plus monthly office social events.
- Casual team events such as team outings, an annual Christmas party and a summer BBQ.
Please note that, due to the nature of our activities, we will require successful candidates to follow a pre-employment screening (conducted by our partner DISA). This involves carrying out a background check and sharing education certificates.
#J-18808-Ljbffr€45000 - €58000 monthly