Description

We’re Norton Rose Fulbright – a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7, employees worldwide.

Our London office is currently recruiting for a Practice Support Executive Coordinator. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and believe diversity drives innovation, so we’re building a culture where difference is valued.

The Role

The delivery of high end legal services is becoming more complex and sophisticated. This is being driven by new ways of structuring teams, the incorporation of new disciplines like legal project management and the use of new technology. This role will be located in our London office and looks after larger teams of Practice Support Executives. Being responsible for the day to day Coordination of your teams/s along with being responsible for providing high value dedicated support to fee earners across the business. The role sits within the Practice Support Office under our newly formed Practice Services pillar, aimed at ensuring that our fee earners and clients receive the highest quality support and service delivery .

Skills and Experience Required

Essential

  • Embraces, promotes the use and becomes a super-user of technology and proactively identifies opportunities to improve ways of working
  • Excellent communication, organisational and administrative skills
  • Strong time management and prioritisation skills will be required to support a demanding group of Fee Earners at different levels of seniority
  • Attention to detail: proof reads all work, checking for spelling, grammar and consistency
  • Proactive approach and enthusiasm to work independently and as part of a team
  • Shows a willingness to learn and develop skills
  • Drives forward initiatives to create a continued sense of “team” within your virtual peer group
  • Must be flexible to work outside contractual hours when required

    • Skills & Experience

  • Intermediate-Advanced user of key software packages, (i.e. Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Office suite of tools including SharePoint) and takes responsibility for any training (e.g. MOS) to improve relevant skills needed to meet the needs of the business
  • Demonstrates excellent written communication skills, sufficiently developed to draft non-routine correspondence and emails, as instructed by fee earners
  • Leadership ability – this candidate must be able to build a strong reputation within the business and deliver excellent service
  • 3-5+ years’ experience in a legal support or professional services environment is desirable
  • Experience of working with clients and ability to be client facing
  • Previous billing and marketing experience desirable
  • Good level of numeracy
  • Good English language and grammar skills

    • Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

  • 25 days hols + Bank hols – Buy up to 5 days
  • GP Service
  • Bupa Healthcare
  • Pension
  • Flexible working

    • In addition, we are proud of our established health and wellbeing programme which supports our employees through mental, physical and lifestyle challenges.

    Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks. Find more about Diversity and Inclusion .

    Norton Rose Fulbright is an equal opportunities employer. We will make reasonable adjustments to our application process to ensure that you have the best chance of success. We understand that there’s not a “one size fits all” approach to adjustments so our team will work with you individually to understand more about your requirements. Please contact our Recruitment team on