Bevan Brittan is a UK-Top 100
commercial law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal
services from offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and London.
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 & social care.
We currently employ over 600
people, including over 90 Partners, and our award-winning teams
provide construction, commercial, corporate, property, regulatory,
employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal advice.
Bevan Brittan is named among 'The
Times Best Law Firms 2023' and has recently either won or been
shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards.
We are driven by our 4 values:
Relationships, Results, Reputation and Responsible. These give us a
sense of purpose and ensure we always work collaboratively with
clients and colleagues, continually improve, make the right choices
and act with integrity.
Bevan Brittan is an equal
opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
The role
We have an exciting opportunity to join progressive law firm Bevan
Brittan at a time of major change. The UK legal industry is changing
quickly and we are looking for someone to work in our Transformation
Team to accelerate the pace of change within Bevan Brittan and help us
meet our strategic goals.
Attitude is key; we are looking for someone that is flexible and
supportive, that has great organisational skills and has a positive
and proactive approach to implementing change. We are looking for a
candidate that can champion new ways of working in a supportive and
collaborative manner. Someone who is a confident communicator with
great interpersonal skills focused on working together with teams to
find simple and practical solutions to get things done.
Main duties
Leading major change projects that have a significant impact on
the firm. Bringing together strong project management skills, with
excellent communication skills and a great understanding of how to
work collaboratively in organisations to deliver successful change.
Supporting legal teams in reviewing and improving how they work to
deliver even better services to our clients. Finding ways to help
legal teams to develop and bring to market new products and services.
Leading process mapping workshops, creating and maintaining task
lists, following up on actions, identifying and addressing risks and
issues and working with a broad range of stakeholders to achieve
successful outcomes.
Helping legal teams identify opportunities to work in more
efficient and productive ways, including doing more digitally, to
manage and deliver changes to how they work and support teams
through the change process. Working across teams to facilitate
smooth transition into new models of working.
Managing procurements and supplier relationships.
Supporting the Director of Transformation and Operations across a
variety of firm wide projects.
What we are looking for from you
The following skills and
experience are required:
Good background in project management and delivering large
strategic business change. This role brings together project
management, business analysis and organisational change.
Knowledge of law firms or similar professional service firms and
the delivery of legal services.
Supplier management skills with experience of tendering and
procurement processes, negotiation and contracting.
A good broad understanding of technology and a genuine interest in
how it can be used to deliver work more efficiently.
Good attention to detail, good organisational skills, strong
communication skills, training/qualification in project management
an advantage e.g. APMP or Prince 2.
Previous experience of business analysis an advantage,
particularly process mapping, swim lane diagrams, 'as is' and 'to
be', mapping e.g. IIBA or BCS qualifications in business analysis.
Previous experience of continuous improvement and innovation change.
Strong desire and ability to learn new ways of working and finding
ways to encourage others to adopt new ways of working.
Good written and analytical skills.
Good ability and experience of writing reports, developing
communication plans, writing to inform large audiences.
Great people skills, confident in speaking to people at all levels
of the business and able to facilitate group work. Ability to build
and maintain trust and strong interpersonal relationships.
Happy to work closely with others and on own initiative.
Good IT literacy, good skills in all Microsoft products, knowledge
and experience of Visio an advantage.
Work-life balance
Where possible, we want to offer
all Bevan Brittan people flexibility to work their week in a way
that suits them - we operate a hybrid working model based on the
needs of our clients, teams and that of the individual. Our core
business hours are 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday, however we are
open to individuals working more flexibly around those times and
would welcome a conversation with you if you have any questions.
We offer a substantial benefits
package to all employees including:
A minimum of 25 days holiday
(plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
Discretionary bonus scheme
Generous pension scheme
Private medical insurance
through Vitality
Biennial private health
assessment through Nuffield Health
Life assurance
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme
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. We
want to demonstrate our commitment to these causes through actions
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 -Each lawyer has the opportunity
to undertake pro bono legal work for local charities and
not-for-profit organisations. We also play an active role through
our local office communities, in 2022 we fundraised and donated a
total of £80,000 to our four regional office charities, with each
charity receiving £20,000 to help fund their vital services.
Environmental Sustainability- Bevan Brittan is proudly a
carbon neutral firm. We have achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now
accreditation and our environmental sustainability plan is focused
on achieving our net zero carbon target.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion- We have a strong and vibrant
diversity programme that gives colleagues across the firm an
opportunity to take part, led by our Equality, Diversity &
Inclusion Committee and supported by our Ambassadors, who drive
engagement in our strategy and raise awareness across the firm.
Wellbeing -We are proud of our open
culture, where colleagues feel empowered to speak openly about
physical and mental health issues and to seek out support when
needed. We have trained 21 colleagues across the firm as Mental
Health First Aiders and established a programme of initiatives
including our informal 'coffee with' scheme.
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.
