Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Browne Jacobson Full time

**Vacancy details**:
**Details**:
**Legal Assistant - Nottingham**:
**Vacancy type**
- Lawyer

**Level**
- Junior

**Business area**
- Business & professional risk

**Duration**
- Permanent

**Hours**
- Full time

**Location**
- Nottingham

**Reference number**
- J0032

**Job title**
- Legal Assistant - Nottingham

**Team**
- Finance & Professional Risk

**Vacancy owner**
- Louisa Phillips

**Job summary**

At Browne Jacobson, we’ve always worked across business and society, and this expertise sets us apart. Social and environmental impact are at the top of our business agenda. We champion fairness, make the complex simple and forge connections between clients to find creative solutions. This is how we improve outcomes for every person, community and business we serve.

With offices in Birmingham, Dublin, Exeter, London, Manchester and Nottingham, we’re a UK & I based law firm with an international reach. Our sectors include: health; real estate and construction; education; energy and infrastructure; financial services; government; insurance; manufacturing and industrials; and retail, consumer and logistics.

We nurture talent at all levels and from every background and celebrate what makes people individuals. Law needs all voices to reflect the society it serves and we’re working towards social mobility, diversity and inclusion in our firm - and our profession. We strive to create meaningful personal and professional development opportunities and offer flexible working in support of a good work-life balance. We focus on wellbeing and individuality, so that all our people can thrive.

**Why is this role important and how does it fit into the team, department and wider firm?**

To provide legal assistant support within the Nottingham office. The role immediate role is predominantly to assist the teams in providing a range of non-contentious advice to our clients.

**What does the role actually involve?**
- Assisting with preparing commercial agreements and associated documents
- Sorting and indexing of client files and legal documents, including sorting and filing of correspondence
- Undertaking legal & factual research
- Preparing routine correspondence
- Maintaining diary detailing appointments/deadlines
- Carrying out basic administration procedures, general filing and photocopying
- Seminar support and general business development support
- Preparing attendance note of meetings/conferences
- Undertaking any other duties as required, commensurate with the level of the post

**Person specification**

**Who would be a good fit for this role?**

As part of the Legal Assistant team, you would be expected to have the following skills and experience:

- Good familiarity with Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
- Advanced keyboard skills and the ability to produce own correspondence and documentation
- Experience in a legal assistant/ paralegal role
- The ability to work efficiently and methodically in order to effectively manage your workload
- Impeccable attention to deal
- Existing experience in a non-contentious or commercial role would be advantageous (although ongoing support, training and development will be provided)
- A willingness and ability to learn
- Confidence, drive and ambition
- Excellent interpersonal skills - this role involves client contact
- Effective communicator, able to establish and maintain harmonious and professional relationships with clients and colleagues
- Excellent organisational skills and be able to manage own time effectively
- A proactive, professional and flexible approach to work
- Ability to work on own initiative whilst maintaining a positive team spirit at all times
- Able to adopt a common-sense approach with attention to detail
- Keen to develop over a period of time with a willingness and ability to learn

**Development**
- You may be expected to develop your knowledge and skills by attending both external and internal training and qualifications, if required

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