Job Description
At Maintel we’re focused on delivering outcomes – not technology. We partner with some of the world’s leading technology companies and wrap around the skills and services from our professional and managed services teams, to help our customers achieve their goals.
We are a fun, dynamic company with a team of over 400 people who are passionate about what we do – providing cloud communications and managed services solutions.
We are looking for like-minded people who share our enthusiasm and want to be part of an innovative, fast-paced environment.
About the role
Assist with general office administration, as well as conducting research, maintaining records, and helping to build relationships with internal stakeholders. This role will require personal development within the legal function and will also include a degree of paralegal work, particularly developing the role of managing the CSS Framework Agreement. This is a role that has potential to include more than administration tasks and the ideal candidate will be encouraged to develop the role into a paralegal / contract management function.
What will you do?
- First point of contact for telephone queries and all types of correspondence from clients, third parties or other departments.
- Responsible for ensuring delivery of messages in line with the legal teams stated requirements.
- Recording and maintaining an effective system (using the legal teams Salesforce process amongst others and other relevant systems) to give the department an up to date, true and accurate record of matters being worked on and deadlines for such.
- Preparing papers as required for members of the legal team.
- Supporting the Senior Legal Advisor as your line manager on current matters/affairs as required.
- Supporting the General Counsel on current matters/ affairs
- Proactively identify, raise and report any concerns or queries with regards to company policy and procedures.
- Undertake any other duties in line with the basic objectives of the post.
What are we looking for?
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Salesforce, MS Word and Excel is essential. A legal background and experience of contracts is an advantage.
Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrates an awareness of the professional standards required and the importance of delivering a quality service to our customers and internal depts
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent spelling, punctuation and grammar
- Ability to identify and achieve solutions to problems
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to juggle competing demands from multiple stakeholders and to keep on top of a diverse portfolio of work.
- Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
- Strong administration skills (including the use of MS Word (track changes) and Excel), to manage own workload
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to work under pressure to meet conflicting deadlines
- Applicants must have the ability to organise and prioritise work
- Strong team-focused work ethic
- Ability and desire to develop; learning legal principles and applying them in this role
- Values diversity and shows commitment to equality of opportunity
Experience
- Administration: 1 year minimum (Required)
- A degree or equivalent in law
Within Maintel we're proud of the talent and diversity within our teams and committed to creating equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants alike.
We are all unique in ways you can and cannot see, and we aim to attract, develop and nurture talent to continue to make Maintel a great place to work.
We have fully embraced hybrid working and this has been implemented across all of our office locations. Our offices are fully accessible, and we also offer agile working opportunities in many of our roles.
Maintel do not accept unsolicited CVs. Any unsolicited CVs sent by your company to us – that is to say, in any situation where we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy – will be considered by us to be a “free gift”, leaving us liable for no fees whatsoever should we choose to contact the candidate directly and engage the candidate’s services, and will in no way establish any prior claim by your company to representation of that candidate should the candidate’s details also be submitted by any other party.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Reference ID: 2575
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