Legal Project Coordinator

TLT LLP; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday (30 with length of服务)

Job summary

TLT LLP is hiring a Legal Project Coordinator to join the FutureLaw team in Bristol, Manchester or Birmingham. This full-time role provides essential operational support to project managers, ensuring smooth execution of legal projects while gaining exposure to cutting-edge legal tech.

You will assist with reporting, resource planning, documentation, and process improvement, working across client engagements and internal teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in legal project coordination, legal operations, or legal support.
• Diploma or degree in Law (LLB preferred), Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable learning new software tools and technology platforms quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to Legal Project Managers and project teams to ensure smooth execution of legal projects.
• Monitor and report on project scope and scope creep, engaging with clients as appropriate.
• Assist with mapping, planning and managing resources and project plans.
• Create and amend PowerPoint presentations, Visio diagrams and workflows.
• Prepare and update documentation for new projects, updating templates with project details.
• Maintain LPM training guides, checklists, templates and other documents.
• Produce and edit complex documents such as proposals, tenders and reports.
• Set up files, projects and matters; track milestones and provide status updates.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas and reports, and ensure follow-up on actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes through technology and better workflows.
• Liaise with IT teams, vendors and stakeholders on project logistics.
• Maintain organized project documentation and audit trails.
• Stay current on legal tech trends and contribute ideas in team meetings.

Skills

Legal project coordination

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Communication

Time management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Law degree or equivalent (LLB preferred)

Business Administration or Project Management related qualification

Information Technology related qualification

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

We are recruiting for a Legal Project Coordinator to join our FutureLaw team in Bristol, Manchester or Birmingham. This role is being offered on a full-time basis.

Your Role

As a Legal Project Coordinator at TLT, you will provide essential operational support to Legal Project Managers and project teams, ensuring smooth execution of legal projects while gaining exposure to cutting-edge legal technology.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Assisting the legal project managers with project and matter progress reporting to include engaging directly with the client as appropriate.
• Monitoring and reporting on scope and scope creep.
• Assisting the legal project managers to map, plan and manage resource and to map and design projects and project plans.
• Creating and amending Power Point presentations, Visio diagrams and workflows.
• Collating all relevant documentation required for new projects to include ensuring template documents are changed to include relevant details of the project.
• Maintaining LPM training guides, checklists, templates and other documents.
• Producing and amending, with speed and accuracy, complex documents such as proposals, tenders and reports.
• Setting up files, projects and matters.
• Track milestones and provide regular status updates.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas and reports, and ensure follow-up on action items.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency through technology.
• Liaise with IT teams, vendors, and stakeholders on project logistics.
• Maintain organized project documentation and audit trails.
• Stay current on legal technology trends and contribute ideas during team meetings.

Your Skills and Experience

• 2 years experience in legal project coordination, legal operations, support (law firm, ALSP, or in-house).
• Diploma or degree in Law (LLB preferred), Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable learning new software tools and technology platforms quickly.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with ability to interact professionally with diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite, particularly Excel (for data tracking and analysis), Word (for documentation), and PowerPoint (for reporting).
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.