Junior Legal Project Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

12/3/2024

What We Will Offer

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We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

You Can Expect

• A Competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies.
• Life assurance, private health and dental care for you and your family.
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers.
• Tech, cycle and electric car schemes.
• The opportunity to support the firm's charity through volunteering leave.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when we experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical, emotional, financial and social aspects.
  
  

Team Structure

Our global innovation team was founded in January 2018, with a primary focus on improving and enhancing the way our lawyers deliver services to clients. The team's remit also includes identifying, developing and implementing new services that complement our core revenue generating activities.

Purpose of the role

The purpose of this role is to provide junior (paralegal level) legal project management support on litigation matters, in particular, largescale litigation matters and group actions.

The firm currently has one Legal Project Manager ("LPM"), who supports the litigation team. The LPM works alongside legal teams on matters, managing non-legal aspects and implementing/streamlining processes to drive efficiencies, both internally and for the client. This role is to provide support to the current LPM in this work.

Main Responsibilities

Legal project management support on litigation matters

Role

The primary focus of this role is to provide legal project management support on litigation matters. Types of tasks will include:

• Implementation and management of technological solutions, such as HighQ and specialist group action management tools.
• Creation and management of trackers, e.g. cost, budget and workstream trackers etc.
• Collation and management of data, e.g. survey responses, contact lists etc.
• Creation and management of matter task lists and deadlines.
• Organisation and management of documents and filing structures.
• Preparing first drafts of reports and updates to clients and other third parties, such as funders and insurers.
• Liaising with third parties regarding non-legal matters.
  
  

Broader contribution

The role also includes working with the current LPM in:

• Considering legal project management solutions and strategy.
• Training our lawyers on legal project management.
• Promoting legal project management across the firm.
• Business development activities, including writing articles and case studies.
• Building strong and trusted relationships within the firm; spanning both legal and business services teams across a range of seniorities.
• Working with and supporting the wider innovation team.
  
  

Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.

Attributes/Skills Required

• An interest in innovation and a passion for driving change.
• An interest in improving processes and optimising efficiencies.
• Highly organised and efficient.
• Able to work to deadlines with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and prioritise realistically.
• Takes a proactive approach to work, recognising and seeking opportunities.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to assimilate and manage large quantities of data/documents.
• Demonstrates the Stephenson Harwood values of individuality, commitment, teamwork and straight talking.
• Personality and "can-do" attitude to make an impact in the team and to influence busy senior stakeholders.
• Ability to operate autonomously and as a member of a team whilst consistently adopting a "one-team" and "one-Firm" approach.
• Cooperative, collaborative, and able to develop excellent working relationships at all levels and roles.
• High professional standards with commitment to quality work product.
• Outstanding levels of professionalism when working with lawyers and clients.
• Resilient with the ability to handle set-backs and pressure.
• Self-motivated and flexible.
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a professional services environment.
• Experience of working as part of a professional team.
• Experience of working with basic tech tools such as MS Excel and MS Planner.
• Demonstrated experience of or a passion for improving processes and driving change.
• Demonstrated experience of working in an organised manner, managing and prioritising multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated experience of working with large quantities of data.
• Proven experience in building trusted relationships, both internally and externally with diverse groups of individuals.
  
  

Desired

• Experience of legal project management and process improvement work.
• Experience of working in a professional legal environment.
• Experience of working in commercial litigation.
• Experience of working with LegalTech tools such as HighQ, Documents Automation, generative AI applications and Relativity.
• Demonstrated experience of working proactively and seeking opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience of designing solutions and/or services based on customer needs.
  
  

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm's strategy and business needs.

We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.

About The Firm

With 8 offices worldwide and with our headquarters based in London, Stephenson Harwood is a law firm where our people are committed to achieving the goals of our clients - listed and private companies, institutions and individuals across the globe. Our mix of expertise and culture results in a combination of deep local insight and the capability to provide a seamless international service.

Our experience encompasses corporate, commercial litigation and arbitration, employment, pensions and private wealth, finance, marine and international trade, and real estate and projects.

We assemble teams of bright thinkers to match our clients' needs and give the right advice from the right person at the right time. Dedicating the highest calibre of legal talent to overcome the most complex issues, we deliver pragmatic, expert advice that is set squarely in the real world.

We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.

Our values

Individuality

We encourage creativity and develop talent.

Commitment

To be the best and deliver the highest standard.

Teamwork

We work together to build close, long-term relationships.

Straight talking

We say what we mean and do what we say.

These values express the personality of the individuals within our firm. They are the behaviours we encourage in our people and the standards which inform our decisions and actions.

Our vision into 2026

To be a successful firm where talented people work together in an entrepreneurial environment, building long term client relationships.

This vision is about who we want to be, as well as who we are. It is as much about our values as about our character – the attributes we want to see from all of our people. That's how we unlock our entrepreneurial spirit, advising our clients with top performing teams.

A key part of the 2026 strategy is to focus on five core sectors: decarbonisation, life sciences, private capital & funds, technology, and transportation & trade. These have been identified as crucial in the drive for accelerated profitable growth.