Part-Time Legal Knowledge & Training Assistant

Bates Wells; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Impact-Driven Purpose

Climate Programme

Championing Inclusion

Flexible and Hybrid Working

Green pensions

IVF support

Private healthcare

Job summary

Bates Wells is seeking a proactive Legal Practice Assistant to support our Charity and Social Enterprise administration team on a part-time basis (9:30–14:15, 5 days). You will help maintain know‑how resources, precedents and training materials, and coordinate internal training across the firm.

Ideal candidates have legal knowledge management exposure, strong typing and IT skills, and the ability to build relationships with lawyers and Business Services.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 60 WPM typing speed preferred.
• Excellent literacy, numeracy, attention to accuracy, and strong IT skills.
• Experience with complex Word documents, using merge codes and conditional paragraphs.
• Strong diary management capabilities.
• Desirable CILEX or BTEC Administration qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with lawyers and Business Services teams to develop, maintain and enhance know-how resources.
• Support knowledge-sharing initiatives and promote the effective use of knowledge management systems.
• Create, edit and format precedents, practice notes and training materials.
• Maintain trackers of key knowledge documents and contributions; manage filing and archiving.

Skills

Typing 60 WPM

Diary management

Strong IT skills

Communication

Education

Desirable: CILEX or BTEC Administration

Tools

Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

iManage

SharePoint

Job description

Bates Wells is seeking a proactive Legal Practice Assistant to support our Charity and Social Enterprise administration team on a part-time basis (9:30–14:15, 5 days). You will help maintain know‑how resources, precedents and training materials, and coordinate internal training across the firm.

Ideal candidates have legal knowledge management exposure, strong typing and IT skills, and the ability to build relationships with lawyers and Business Services.