Karen Jones
NFU legal and technical team leaderAs part of the team leader role, Karen will advise members and support the team giving advice on employment, land and L&G matters (legal and general).
Karen started working for the NFU鈥檚 legal and technical team within the CallFirst service in March 2019.
She became one of the three Team Leaders who provide day-to-day management of and support to the team in December 2022. Prior to this she was a legal and technical adviser.
Karen also has responsibility for the training needs of the team as it is essential that everyone keeps their legal knowledge up to date to be able to provide a high quality and reliable service to members.
In addition to this, Karen coordinates the reviews and finalises updates to over 100 of the business guides (non-employment) which are available to members.
Karen has previous experience of working within other membership organisations, predominately in the manufacturing industry where she provided employment and HR advice to members. Prior to this, she spent over 15 years delivering telephone based private and commercial legal advice covering numerous areas of law, together with inhouse training for staff.