We've got an exciting opportunity for a legal Co-ordinator/Paralegal to join us, working with our Knowledge Lawyer in our Private Wealth business group. 

In terms of location, this role can be based in either Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds or Plymouth. We operate a hybrid working policy and most full-time employees typically spend around 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home - however we operate a very flexible approach in practice. 

The role 

You'll work closely with our Business Group Knowledge Lawyer to help foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing and excellence across the firm. Supporting the development and accessibility of legal knowledge, you will play a key role in co-ordinating a range of knowledge and learning initiatives that enable our lawyers to stay informed, connected and up to date. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Coordinating monthly legal knowledge and update sessions across the Business Group 

• Supporting the delivery of trainee and early careers training programmes 

• Maintaining accurate training records and learning documentation 

• Managing and updating knowledge content on our intranet and other knowledge-sharing platforms 

• Monitoring developments in legal technology, AI and other emerging tools, helping to promote opportunities that enhance knowledge sharing and efficiency 

• Supporting teams in the planning, delivery and administration of knowledge development activities 

What are we looking for? 

To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum: 

• Experience of working as a Paralegal or in a Co-ordinator/Personal Assistant role within a professional services environment 

• Proven ability to coordinate projects, programmes or initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities 

• Strong administrative skills with a track record of accurately recording actions, maintaining documentation and managing process workflows 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across teams and seniority levels 

• Experience of document management systems/SharePoint would be an advantage 

• Experience/strong interest in AI preferred 

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel and has helped us earn the Great Place to Work® certification in the UK, based entirely on feedback from our people.  Recognising our commitment to creating a high-trust workplace where people feel valued, supported and empowered to succeed.

As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.

Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team and an Inclusive Recruitment Lead, who all work with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.

We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring. 

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