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Job Title Business Support Administrator

Location Birmingham Office

Description
Business Support Services Administrator

Join a team that makes real changes

Bevan Brittan is a UK-Top 100 commercial law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services from offices in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds.

The firm advises businesses across construction, energy & resource management, higher education and financial services, complementing the firm's market leadership within housing, local government and health and social care.

We currently employ over 480 staff, including 82 Partners, and our award-winning teams provide construction, commercial, corporate, property, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal advice.

Bevan Brittan was named among 'The Times Best Law Firms 2021' and has recently won three major industry awards, along with being shortlisted as a Finalist for a further eleven.

Bevan Brittan is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Learn from the best

You will be working within the Business Support Services Team who support the Fee Earners completing a wide range of Administration tasks being instrumental in ensuring the fee earners can concentrate on our clients.

Bevan Brittan has strong recognition in the independent legal directories - Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. In both guides we are consistently ranked in the top tier for our practices across the UK, with multiple individuals recognised as leading lawyers.

A very supportive firm with the depth of skills in its teams to provide a full service. - Chambers 2021.

Rise to the Challenge

A vacancy has arisen for an experienced, quality and customer focused administrator working within a fast paced office environment who has experience in:
Downloading and uploading to data sites and all forms of electronic filing including using DMS or Filesite as well as splitting and merging documents.

• Processing incoming post through scanning, naming, sending on to the recipient and filing electronically and manually
• Compiling electronic bundles for court and experts
• Conflict searching and Matter Opening
• File closing and archiving

Additionally, reprographics, courier and outgoing mail experience are also desirable skills as there are times where you will be called upon to help the Hub team on site. The team also cover reception on occasion so good customer facing skills are a must.

On joining the team, you would undertake a variety of work within the Admin team, working within a friendly helpful, fast paced team completing work using our DMS and Collaborate systems as well as processing the post received daily.

Find out how far you can go

Essential skill set requirements:

Excellent customer facing skills, Windows literate, experience of working within an administration function previously, scanning and mail experience as well as experience using data sites to download and upload documents.

Preferred skill set requirements:

• Reprographics experience as well as compiling electronic bundles of documents. Good telephone etiquette.
Work-life Balance

We offer a substantial benefits package to all employees, which includes 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days), a generous pension scheme and private medical insurance through Vitality (including "phone a GP service", discounted gym membership and 'Vitality' Partner discounts).

All of our people are entitled to a biannual private health assessment through Nuffield Health and are included in the group life assurance scheme. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme (free telephone support and counselling service) and a cycle scheme (Save Tax & NI on a bike for cycling to work).

The hours are 36.25 per week, working shifts between 08:00 and 18:00 Monday to Friday, however we are open to considering requests to work more flexibly.

Responsible Business

To us, being a responsible business is second nature; a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity, running through our culture and embodied by the clients we serve.

Bevan Brittan seeks to play an active role within its local office communities. Through regular fundraising events, support for local initiatives and annual charity donations at Christmas, we have established a culture of giving within the firm. This has laid the foundations for our Responsible Business strategy.

In December 2020 we donated a total of £40,000 to our four regional office charities, with each charity receiving £10,000 towards the causes colleagues support throughout the year. The donations went towards providing vital services after a particularly challenging year. Our current selected charity in Birmingham in Inunity.

We want to demonstrate our commitment to these causes through action rather than words; colleagues from across the firm are already heavily involved, living and breathing the four pillars of our Responsible Business strategy:

• Community Engagement
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Wellbeing
• Environmental Sustainability

Collectively, these four pillars ensure we look after our colleagues' wellbeing; offer an environment in which all can progress on merit, regardless of personal circumstances or background; give something back to the communities in which we work; and protect the environment.

Some recent initiatives include:

• Strava running club: a virtual firm-wide running club on Strava, with regular challenges to keep us all motivated to stay active.
• Live Cook Along for Black History Month: We hosted a live virtual 'Cook Along' to share the connective power of food and community.
• UK Disability History Month: We supported the event with informative pieces and real life stories, reflecting our commitment to supporting those of our colleagues who have a disability or who care for someone with a disability.
• Each lawyer has the opportunity to undertake pro bono legal work for local charities and not-for-profit organisations. This has seen colleagues support the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (Bristol), St Werburgh's City Farm (Bristol) and Moseley Road Swimming Baths (Birmingham).