Legal Team Assistant

DP World; Stanford-le-Hope; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World in Stanford-le-Hope (London Gateway) is seeking a Legal Team Assistant to support a fast-paced legal function, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and organised documentation across teams. You will manage diary duties, prepare and format NDAs and contracts, coordinate meetings, travel, and minutes, and assist with budgets, invoices, and document control using DocuSign and BigHand.

This hybrid role offers exposure to diverse legal work, requiring discretion, resilience, and meticulous attention

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a legal support, compliance, or professional services environment.
• Excellent written communication, proofreading and document production skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Produce, amend, proofread, and format legal documents with speed and accuracy.
• Manage digital dictation (BigHand) and ensure documents are paginated and presented.
• Prepare meeting papers, take minutes, and handle follow-up documentation.
• Maintain organised storage systems and keep indexes up to date.
• Provide full diary management and arrange meetings, travel, and logistics.
• Handle document execution processes, including DocuSign and distribution to teams.
• Support budget administration, including raising POs, processing invoices, and reporting spend.

Skills

MS Word

Proofreading

Diary management

Document production

Legal terminology

Tools

DocuSign

BigHand

MS Office

Job description

As a Legal Team Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting a high ‑ performing, fast ‑ paced legal function where detail matters, curiosity is encouraged, and every day brings new challenges. You’ll ensure information is clear, accurate, and well ‑ organised while coordinating key documentation, maintaining structured reporting, and helping deliver timely, actionable insights. Working closely with colleagues across multiple functions, you’ll contribute to consistent processes, strong governance, and smooth day ‑ to ‑ day operations—keeping the legal team aligned, efficient, and focused on delivering high ‑ quality support to the wider business.

NOTE:This is a hybrid role based at London Gateway in Stanford-le-Hope and will require occasional business travel, depending on business need.

How You Will Contribute

• Produce, amend, proofread, and format legal documents with speed, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Manage digital dictation (BigHand) and ensure documents are correctly paginated, numbered, and presented.
• Confidently use MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to prepare reports, presentations, and marketing materials.
• Work proactively with the legal team to deliver high ‑ quality documentation that meets deadlines and client expectations.
• Provide full diary management, including arranging meetings, conferences, travel, and associated logistics.
• Prepare meeting papers, take minutes, and handle follow ‑ up documentation.
• Maintain accurate client contact information and circulate reminders of key meetings and deadlines.
• Manage document execution processes, including DocuSign, signature coordination, finalising agreements, and distributing copies to relevant teams.
• Maintain organised electronic and physical document storage systems and keep indexes up to date.
• Handle photocopying, scanning, binding, and general administrative support for legal documents.
• Respond to telephone enquiries professionally and relay clear, accurate messages.
• Produce initial drafts of legal documents (e.g., NDAs, minor works contracts, collateral warranties, TPR notices).
• Review legal documents for formatting, consistency, and clarity, and maintain up ‑ to ‑ date precedent libraries.
• Support budget administration, including raising POs, processing invoices, tracking spend, and preparing monthly spend reports in collaboration with law firms.

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years’ experience in a, legal support, compliance, or professional services environment.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Familiarity with legal terminology and document types such as NDAs, warranties, and contracts.
• Knowledge of purchase order systems, invoice processing, and basic budget tracking.
• Excellent written communication, proofreading, and document ‑ production skills.
• Proactive approach to problem ‑ solving and process improvement.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Comfortable working in a fast ‑ paced environment with high expectations for quality and timeliness.
• Strong digital literacy and willingness to learn new systems and tools.
• Ability to review documents for consistency, clarity, and correct formatting.
• Ability to maintain and update precedents and support structured reporting and documentation processes.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organisation. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses—Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology—and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end‑to‑end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

We're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

To Change What's Possible For Everyone

Diversity & Inclusion

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We believe that employees are happiest when they’re empowered to be their true, authentic selves. So, please come as you are. We can’t wait to meet you.

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

By submitting your resume and application information, you authorize DP World to transmit and store your information in the world-wide recruitment database, and to circulate that information as necessary for the purpose of evaluating your qualification for this or other job vacancies.

Job Info

• Job Identification 23217
• Job Category Legal Specialists
• Locations Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, United Kingdom