Job Description
Role and key responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Creating, formatting and updating pitches, presentations, posters and other collateral to align with the businesses branding
- Supporting the team with transcription of legal documents from digitally-dictated material (BigHand/Speech Recognition/Windows Media Player)
- Supporting the team with creating, amending legal documents, adhering to house styles, using MS Office suite
- Supporting the team with reformatting of lengthy and complex documents, performing comparisons and conversions to different formats
- Managing tight deadlines in a high volume production environment
- Communicating with our clients to ensure the product meets the clients expectations and timeframe
- Liaising with colleagues and your line manager to ensure work is produced to the highest possible standard
- Following set working processes and conforming to the businesses high standards of professionalism
Skills and experience
We are looking for:
- Strong experience creating and designing documents in Microsoft Office and/or Adobe is essential
- Previous experience in Document Production, Word Processing or a secretarial role is required
- Experience working in a fast‑paced legal or corporate environment is advantageous
- A suitable homeworking environment is required (all necessary equipment will be provided)
- Excellent working knowledge of the full Microsoft Office suite
- Strong attention to detail with a “right first time” approach
- Methodical, process‑driven approach with strong problem‑solving skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines while remaining calm and focused under pressure
- You respond well to feedback from your clients and colleagues, and you thrive in a continuous feedback culture
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
What’s in it for you?
At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.
- We’re fair, transparent and equitable
- We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
- We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
- We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
- We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
- We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
- We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
- We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
- We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance
