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Salary Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 950 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job role:Legal Administration Assistant
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)
As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Team: Banking
Location: Liverpool
Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what we offer:
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
- Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
- 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
- Flexible, agile and home working
- BUPA
- Permanent health insurance
- Flexible pension scheme
- Medicash
- EAP with access to counselling
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
- Life assurance
- Annual travel season ticket loan
- Dress for your day policy
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role overview
Introduction to the role:
To provide an effective and flexible administrative service and support the Liverpool Banking team, to ensure it functions efficiently in a manner which meets its objectives and the on-going needs of the team and the firm.
Introduction to the team:
The Banking team comprises of 4 Partners, 4 Legal Directors, 2 Senior Associates, 3 Associates and 2 Paralegals, based across the North West but servicing clients on a national basis. The team have a breadth of technical expertise within banking, lending and finance transactions and work closely with clearing banks, lending institutions, niche finance houses and specialist lenders to offer a solutions-based approach. The Legal Administration Assistant role will play a key part in the team by providing support for our busy Partners and fee earners.
Key responsibilities:
- File Management – creating and archiving electronic files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to (including KYC and AML procedures)
- Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by fee earning staff
- Scanning and photocopying documents
- Filing
- Billing
- Legal research
- Assisting the team with transactions including the management of electronic data rooms
- Dealing with post completion transaction matters
What are we looking for:
Essential
- Administrative experience gained within a professional services environment
- Understanding of the Legal industry
- Organises own work effectively and can handle multiple projects, shifting priorities and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills (Microsoft applications including Word, Outlook, and Excel)
- Ability to operate in a busy target driven environment.
- Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to handle sensitive matters and maintain confidentiality.
- Demonstrable experience of working flexibly and proactively within a team structure along with the ability to work to own initiative.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
Disability Support
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.
Values
Trust – Respect – Innovation – Collaboration
At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
