Job Description

Sector Support Co-ordinator

Role

Business Services

Location

London

Practice Area/Department

Client Services

Job Title

Sector Support Co-ordinator

Position

Full Time - Permanent

Description

RPC is a modern, progressive and commercially-oriented City legal services business. From our offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore we provide advice to both UK and international clients.

What we do

• Our practice spans a wide range of sectors and specialisms with a particular focus on Retail, Technology, Insurance, Commercial & Financial Dispute, and Regulatory. Working on both contentious and non-contentious matters, our clients range from large multinationals to growth UK corporate firms and other professional practices, and include many household names.

Why we're different

• We have a confident, accessible and enterprising approach that sets performance, service and value at the top of the agenda. Our goal is to do the usual things unusually well, make the complex simple and help our clients build better, stronger businesses.

How we work

• We're friendly and approachable, yet we're not afraid to give tough advice and few are more tenacious when it comes to securing the results you need. We ask questions that get straight to the point and listen because we're genuinely interested in our clients and their businesses. We understand how our clients work, the pressures they face, and the ambitions they have. And, of course, we love our work.

Where we work

• We act for a large number of international clients with interests throughout the world. We have offices in both the UK and Asia and, as a founder-member of TerraLex - one of the world's largest legal networks ­­- we have strong links with law firms in over 100 jurisdictions allowing us to offer a seamless service to our clients across the globe.

Our success is built on the level of service we give to clients - delivering what they want, on time and in an easily accessible manner

We are recruiting for a Sector Support Co-ordinator to assist in deploying the strategy for the Retail and Tech pillars of our business. These are key areas of strategic focus for the firm with key deliverables over the next 3 years. The role will focus predominantly on operations - getting things done in collaboration with a wide range of key stakeholders within the business. These stakeholders will include the Head of Commercial Practice Management, the Senior Strategy Implementation Manager, Retail and Tech Leads, "Stream" leads for the strategic lenses for retail (Digital, Stores of the Future as well as Food & Drink ) and tech (seven focus areas), and supporting "Team" leads (from pitch support to learning & development, from internal comms to external marketing, etc).

We are looking for an individual to join us on this exciting journey to help take this strategy forward. The retail market is transforming significantly as technology, economic and political pressures increase. The technology market is broad, ever changing and the future. Changes in both markets is bringing both challenge and opportunity. We have market-leading retail and technology capability across the firm and have set a bold vision and strategy for both, with retail delivery within two years.

These strategies will be successful. But to nail them within our ambitious timescales requires the co-operation of every key stakeholder, collaborating wherever possible while relentlessly focused on delivering on the objectives within their own control. This role is crucial for making that happen - maintaining the rigour and glue of the structures and processes, while oiling the wheels to keep it running smoothly.

The role will report to the Head of Commercial Practice Management.

Core responsibilities:

• Relentless project management - meeting planning with the retail and tech secretaries, minuting actions from meetings, tracking stakeholder progress against objectives, reporting back and escalating as necessary
• Running existing processes as well as implementing new processes (e.g. research, client development (internal aspect), capturing lawyer retail and technology skill sets for CVs)
• Delivery of operational and administrative actions to ensure tasks are completed to established deadlines (e.g. reporting, internal comms, ad hoc tasks)
• Working cross-divisionally with Streams and Teams on delivery aspects
• Collating monthly reports incorporating stream and team specific content, as well as weekly report on external retail market
• Maintaining and updating key information on documentation in systems including the document management system and Intranet.

Core attributes:

• Strong communication skills, both interpersonal and written
• Strong organisation skills, with a methodical approach and meticulous attention to detail
• Analytical approach and a keen problem solver
• Tenacious, robust and respectful but willing to challenge established thinking
• Intelligent, quick thinker
• Self-starter and collaborative
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ideally 2/3+ years relevant experience, in a law firm, professional services organisation or sector experience in Retail/Tech. Some research experience helpful

Due to the broad scope of this role and the growth ambition of the firm, the successful candidate will have exposure to all aspects of the firm's business and functions. The potential for growth within this role is exceptional; successful candidates will only be limited by their own ability and aspiration. Once established and performing well within the role there will be scope for the successful candidate to take on fuller responsibilities/management of additional tasks and processes in collaboration with the Head of Commercial Practice Management and the Senior Strategy Implementation Manager.

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