Document Automation Specialist

It's no secret that we're an ambitious firm and our vision and our culture truly reflects that. At the heart of this is an outstanding client experience, something that Womble Bond Dickinson prides itself on, and it's something that we've become so well known for.

WBD Advance Solutions brings together innovative technology and commercial services to deliver a broad range of legal services across a variety of practice areas.  WBD Advance consists of over 100 personnel and includes lawyers, paralegals and legal executives, project managers, technology specialists and client co-ordinators.

The team are now on the lookout for a Document Automation Specialist to join them.

What will you be doing?

Technology is redefining the legal field and at WBD we make sure we're leveraging the right technology to develop and deliver more effective ways of operating. You'll be working within Technology Transformation team to support our deployment of Contract Express across the firm including identifying opportunities to use, develop and apply CE to deliver legal services.

Our lawyers will look to you to explain how it works, what benefits it will provide and then automate templates (regularly as part of wider solutions) to the defined requirements. There's then the opportunity to stay engaged with the solution, continuously building in enhancements and improving capabilities.

So what are we looking for?

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

• A minimum of 2 years experience working within a professional services environment (preferably a law firm).
• Proven practical experience of Contract Express (standalone or integrated HighQ version):

• • Working with lawyers to prepare and advise on mark ups of templates
  • Testing and mobilisation of automations
  • Knowledge of administration of the templates – incl. configuring permissions, workflows and profiles.
  • Troubleshooting, supporting or training others on templates
• Knowledge/Experience of other complimentary products including TR Matter maps/ Fast draft, DocuSign integration and use of external tables/ API configurations.
• Ideally experience or at a minimum knowledge of Thomson Reuter's HighQ platform, incl. integrations with third party systems such as AI tools.
• An ideal candidate will have a full working knowledge and experience of the Microsoft 365 suite (preferably including Microsoft Power Apps

What makes it great to work here?

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, emphasising that we're more than just suits!

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, full-time or part-time working patterns.

Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, 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 ED&I 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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