Senior Legal Administrator

Affinity Water is seeking a Senior Legal Administrator, who will be the glue that holds our legal team together, providing vital administrative support across all functions to our Legal and Compliance team.

As a pivotal member of our in-house legal team, you'll work closely with experienced Lawyers, a Compliance Manager, and the Head of Data Protection, contributing to the smooth operation of our legal affairs.

Responsibilities

• Efficiency and Process Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities for streamlining processes and enhancing collaborative workflows.

• First Point of Contact: Be the welcoming face and primary contact for all business queries directed to the legal team, effectively allocating work requests.

• Diverse Administrative Tasks: From drafting non-legal correspondence to managing diaries and booking meetings, you'll handle a wide array of administrative responsibilities.

• Financial Management: Assist in managing budgets, raising purchase orders, and ensuring timely payment of supplier invoices.

• System Development and Training: Develop and implement efficient administrative and case management systems while training team members for optimal system utilization.

• Digitization Projects: Support the digitization of contracts, records, and property deeds, ensuring our legal documentation is readily accessible and organized.

• Legal Support: Aid in various legal processes including assisting with court bundles, administrative aspects of litigation and property registration, and managing execution processes for contracts and documents.

Experience required

• Advanced MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint skills

• Previous work experience in a Senior Legal administrative, fast-paced professional services team

• Experience of digitization projects and developing and operating case management systems

• A high-degree of initiative and the ability to work well under pressure

• Proactive, enthusiastic and committed to providing excellent service

• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders across the business

Benefits include:

• Annual leave 23 days, plus a celebration day, plus bank holidays, rising with length of service
• A generous pension scheme that doubles the contributions you make, up to a maximum of 12%
• We offer enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave. We also have a Carers policy and Menopause policy to help us support our people through different stages of their lives.
• Company bonus scheme
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health
• Hybrid working: Improve your home-work balance with the opportunity for hybrid working

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.