Job Description

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. With more than 1000 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Job role:

Legal Administration Assistant - Health Real Estate

Hours

Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week) Happy to talk flexible working

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2024 and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team:

Health Real Estate

Location:

Leeds

Benefits:

At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

Annual leave starting at 25 days Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days Optional private medical insurance via BUPA Annual fitness allowance Flexible pension scheme ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme Medicash EAP with access to counselling Enhanced family leave policies Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year Life assurance Group income protection Annual travel season ticket loan Hybrid working and dress for your day policy Bespoke training and development opportunities Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

This role provides the opportunity to join one of the fastest growing business groups of Hill Dickinson. The Healthcare team have been growing year-on-year with a team of over 80+ lawyers and national coverage. We are one of the leading law firms providing legal advice and support to the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.

Our dedicated Healthcare team are now looking to recruit a Legal Administration Assistant to join the firm's Health Real Estate team to provide administrative support to the fee earning staff within the team on a wide rangeof Healthcare Real Estatematters for the NHS and private sector organisations operating in the Health and Social Care Sector. Introduction to the team:

The team has a strong culture of collaboration, respect and transparency both with our clients and our people, which reflects the Hill Dickinson core values.

Experts in their field, the Health Real Estate team regularly advises NHS bodies and independent sector providers of health services on a broad range of Real Estate matters. As well as CCGs, NHS Trusts and foundation trusts and primary care providers, the team advises key national organisations including NHS England.

Key responsibilities:

Providing support to the Head of the Team with the co-ordination of data information for clients File Management - creating and archiving files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by secretarial or fee earning staff Scanning and photocopying documents Printing e-mail attachments Filing may be required occasionally Billing Deeds management General administrative assistance

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:

Organises own work effectively and has the ability to handle multipleprojects, shifting priorities and meet strict client deadlines Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations Excellent communication skills Ability to work effectively as part of a team and develop relationships within the wider team along with the ability to work to own initiative Ability to work flexibly and proactively Excellent attention to detail IT skills (Microsoft applications including Word, Outlook and Excel) Ability to operate in a busy target driven environment
It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:

Previous experience of administrative work
If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

Values

Trust - Respect - Innovation - Collaboration At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx. All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.