Legal Project Executive

Legal Project ExecutiveLondon £45,000 - £55,000 + Bonus & benefits

A Legal Project Executive is sought by a leading business services group with an enviable portfolio of FTSE 100 and Blue Chip clients. This organisation offers a broad range of services across international offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Ambitious growth plans and continued profitable expansion within all markets and regions has created a new opportunity for a Legal Project Executive to join the team.

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Project Executive

• Provide project management support across a number of client projects
• Supporting to scope and understand project/matter requirements
• Use project management tools to manage and monitor progress on projects
• Understand budgets and support on financial reporting and tracking of matters
• Understand the resources available in the firm and identify opportunities to consider different options
• Support on delivering specific comms outputs to support client and team engagements
• Analyse data and deliverables to communicate value to key stakeholders
• Understand the financial drivers and metrics of the firm and ensure projects adhere as best as possible
• Record time to track capacity and bill for project management time and contributions (as required)
• Confidently deliver training across the firm
• Supporting on the development of new and bespoke LPM tools
• Drive engagement of LPM tool implementation across the firm
• Promote/sell the value of LPM and Operational services/products to different stakeholders
• Ensure effective governance, processes and defined outputs are in place
• Understand how technology and of different resources can support project delivery

Skills & Attributes of the Legal Project Executive

• Background in professional services or the legal sector
• Minimum of 2-3 years experience in a project role
• Candidates must be self-motivated and solution orientated
• Demonstrate practical project and technical examples
• Candidates must be able to prioritise work, communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels and confidently navigate change/unknowns
• Must be pro-active, results driven and have excellent attention to detail
• Must be personable, foster a culture of collaboration and build credible and trusted relationshipsExhibit strong technical skills across all MS office applications in particular PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience of process mapping tools would be advantageous

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

Ref: BHJOB3543_5899