Legal Support Co-ordinator

National Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Trust is seeking a Legal Support Co-ordinator to join their legal and governance directorate. This role involves providing high-quality support to in-house lawyers, including managing legal documents, conducting research, and maintaining effective filing systems. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and be capable of working in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Discounts such as gym memberships

Holiday allowance up to 32 days

Flexible working whenever possible

Employee assistance programme

Free parking at most Trust places

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a legal support or administrative environment preferred.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to work collaboratively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive support to in-house lawyers and governance professionals.
• Maintain filing systems and format documents related to legal tasks.
• Conduct background research and help with legal transactions.

Skills

Organisational skills

Customer service skills

Problem solving

Confidentiality

Communication

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Education

Experience in an administrative, legal or business support environment

Job description

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We’re looking for a Legal Support Co-ordinator to join our legal and governance directorate at the National Trust. Reporting to the Directorate Services Manager, you’ll be part of a friendly and flexible legal and governance team, playing an integral role in providing high-quality support to our in-house lawyers and governance professionals.

Internally, you'll be known as 'Member of Legal Support Team'.

What it's like to work here

We’re bigger than you think, we’re more complicated than we appear and we’re larger scale than you’d imagine. We’ve got dedicated people in all our teams with so much more we want to achieve. We’re for ever, for everyone and we really mean that. We don’t want to stop at 5.5 million members, and we want everyone to feel welcome and enjoy access to the places we look after, so we need to reach new audiences in ways that are meaningful and relevant to them without losing the hearts and minds of those that are already with us.

Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon and there'll be an expectation for you to attend the office 5 days a week.

What you'll be doing

From undertaking background research in our deeds to helping with legal transactions, you’ll be involved in all aspects of our legal and governance work.

Known for your organisational skills and ability to work collaboratively with others, you’ll provide a comprehensive support service to the legal and governance team. This will involve activities such as the maintenance of filing systems, formatting documents, undertaking research into queries related to Trust property, undertaking tasks such as legal searches for property transactions and dealing with the land registry in relation to our land transactions.

You’ll take the initiative in identifying and implementing changes to systems and processes, being confident to challenge the norm when you think there's a better way of doing something.

Who we're looking for

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role. But we’d love to hear from you if you’re:

Summary

We’re looking for a Legal Support Co-ordinator to join our legal and governance directorate at the National Trust. Reporting to the Directorate Services Manager, you’ll be part of a friendly and flexible legal and governance team, playing an integral role in providing high-quality support to our in-house lawyers and governance professionals.

Internally, you'll be known as 'Member of Legal Support Team'.

What it's like to work here

We’re bigger than you think, we’re more complicated than we appear and we’re larger scale than you’d imagine. We’ve got dedicated people in all our teams with so much more we want to achieve. We’re for ever, for everyone and we really mean that. We don’t want to stop at 5.5 million members, and we want everyone to feel welcome and enjoy access to the places we look after, so we need to reach new audiences in ways that are meaningful and relevant to them without losing the hearts and minds of those that are already with us.

Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon and there'll be an expectation for you to attend the office 5 days a week.

What you'll be doing

From undertaking background research in our deeds to helping with legal transactions, you’ll be involved in all aspects of our legal and governance work.

Known for your organisational skills and ability to work collaboratively with others, you’ll provide a comprehensive support service to the legal and governance team. This will involve activities such as the maintenance of filing systems, formatting documents, undertaking research into queries related to Trust property, undertaking tasks such as legal searches for property transactions and dealing with the land registry in relation to our land transactions.

You’ll take the initiative in identifying and implementing changes to systems and processes, being confident to challenge the norm when you think there's a better way of doing something.

Who we're looking for

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role. But we’d love to hear from you if you’re:

Experienced in an administrative, legal or business support environment

A collaborator who can utilise customer service skills to build strong relationships

A problem solver who can resolve differences of opinion

Able to handle cases with confidentiality

Confident with written and verbal communication skills

Able to multi-task and prioritise workloads

Organised with an attention to detail

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

•Rental deposit loan scheme

•Season ticket loan

•EV car lease scheme

•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

•Flexible working whenever possible

•Employee assistance programme

•Free parking at most Trust places