Are you a motivated and aspiring Project Management professional looking to embark on a career in legal project management?
We are seeking a Legal Project Coordinator to join our fantastic Legal Project Management team. In this role, you will support our Legal Project Managers, Senior Legal Project Managers, and the Manager of Legal Project Management by assisting in the development, coordination, and execution of legal projects. You will take on administrative and operational tasks to optimize efficiency in legal matters, contribute to planning, and ensure seamless project delivery.
What you will be doing
- Assist in preparing and maintaining project plans, schedules, and budgets.
- Track and monitor project budgets and expenses for reporting to legal teams and clients.
- Analyse and present key data concisely.
- Maintain comprehensive project records and documentation.
- Monitor project timelines and tasks, ensuring all milestones are met.
- Support the Manager of Legal Project Management and Senior Legal Project Managers with administrative tasks.
- Organize and manage team files, documents, and templates.
- Foster relationships between the Legal Project Management team and internal business teams, legal teams, and key stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for raising the profile of Legal Project Management internally and externally.
- Stay informed of technological improvements and collaborate with Innovation specialists.
What you'll bring
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Analytical skills with high attention to detail.
- Proficiency in time management and problem-solving.
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changing project requirements.
- Integrity and high standards of excellence.
- Ability to work seamlessly as part of a diverse team.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Desirable
Our hybrid working approach allows you to work from home, subject to business needs, with most people spending 40% to 60% of their time in the office.
About us
Our six core values – Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.
We are pleased to have been named RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work At', for the third year in a row and one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023 (previously named ‘The Times Top 50 Employers for Women'), for the fourth year running. Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us Platinum certification for investment in people. It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.
