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Bundesverbraucherhilfe e.V.

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

Bundesverbraucherhilfe e. V. is an independent organization focused on consumer protection and advocacy in Germany. It aims to create a worry-free living environment for consumers by remaining independent from state and political influences while maintaining dialogue with various stakeholders. The organization addresses issues related to affordable housing, transportation rights, finance, and offers legal advice, among other consumer-relevant topics.

📋 Description

• Strategic leadership and development of the legal function • Structuring, building and strategic development of a growing legal team (law students, legal trainees/Referendare, fully qualified lawyers) and coordination of internal/external counsel engagement • Establishment of legally effective association structures and resolutions while mitigating liability risks • Internal legal advice, compliance & governance • Responsible handling of all internal legal matters, including strategic assessment • Support for the presidium/board, department heads and working groups on matters of labor and contract law, association law and bylaws, compliance and governance, and data protection • Operational legal management & process design • Design and implementation of efficient processes for the structured handling of legal matters • Proper handling and prioritization of consumer law inquiries, including standardized legal classification and ensuring clear protective measures (comprehensive coverage provided by D&O, liability, legal expense and VSHP insurance) • Contract management & external enforcement • Coordination of external operational measures such as legal prosecution, enforcement and declaratory actions in consumer and corporate legal matters • Management, review and legal assessment of contracts with external partners, service providers and funding institutions • Drafting of contracts for projects, collaborations and memberships • Filing applications under § 4d UKlaG and § 8 UWG for inclusion in the lists of qualified entities and building a partner structure of lawyers and law firms for outsourcing litigation

🎯 Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer (Second State Examination completed) with a solid understanding of civil, consumer and corporate law issues • Experience in leading, building or strategically developing legal structures—ideally in a responsible role within a law firm, organization or in-house legal department • Strong strategic thinking and design skills to structure complex legal and organizational challenges and translate them into future‑proof solutions • Ability to present complex matters clearly, understandably and in a practical manner • Sense of responsibility, leadership skills and a structured working style • Ambition to rethink consumer protection in Germany and to drive sustainable, public-interest‑oriented developments • Willingness to serve on a voluntary basis in a remotely organized association

🏖️ Benefits

• Visibility and credibility through working on behalf of a recognized consumer organization • Flexible working hours, workload and remote work • Collaboration on equal terms with executive management and all departments • A visible, impactful role—serving an idea that rethinks responsibility • Qualified certificate of service/reference letter detailing your tasks, responsibilities and results • A volunteer role that not only opens professional prospects but also confers responsibility and recognition within an association officially registered in the Bundestag’s lobby register—as part of a democratic organization • Potential for later permanent employment if appropriate and needed, since subordinate corporations are preferentially staffed from among committed volunteers • Our principle: cooperation instead of competition