About the Role
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a growing team that plays a central part in how legal services are delivered, working closely with lawyers, operations teams and senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Support the planning, tracking and delivery of client matters and internal projects using legal project management approaches
- Monitor timelines, risks, dependencies and deliverables, providing clear updates on progress
- Facilitate meetings, ensuring actions and responsibilities are clearly recorded and followed up
- Use and help develop project management tools and resources to support consistent delivery
- Assist with tracking budgets, time recording and other performance data
- Contribute to simple financial reporting and analysis to support cost control
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and support better outcomes for clients and teams
- Work with teams to apply appropriate project management tools and approaches
- Support engagement with legal technology and collaborate with the Legal Tech team where needed
- Contribute to process mapping and improvement initiatives
- Support projects aimed at improving quality and consistency in delivery
- Build effective working relationships with lawyers, business services and stakeholders
- Adapt your communication style to different audiences and priorities
- Prepare clear, structured communications to support projects and change initiatives
- Contribute to training and awareness of LOPM tools and approaches
- Use Excel and other tools to track performance and project metrics
- Produce clear, accessible reports and visualisations
- Support data-informed decision-making by providing accurate and timely insights
Requirements
- A minimum of 2-3 years experience supporting projects or similar work, ideally in a law firm (Other professional services environments will be considered)
- An interest in legal project management, operations or improving how work is delivered
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities, with good organisation and attention to detail
- Confidence communicating with a range of stakeholders, adapting your approach as needed
- A collaborative and proactive approach, with a focus on finding practical solutions
- Comfort working with data, including using Excel and PowerPoint to support analysis and communication
- Experience using project management, process mapping, or workflow tools
- Exposure to change initiatives or process improvement work
Skills
- Project management
- Legal project management
- Business improvement
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Process mapping
- Workflow tools
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communication
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 2-3 years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
Benefits
- Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
- Flexible, hybrid working policy
- Generous bonus scheme
- Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
- Holiday exchange scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010
About the Company
- The team supports lawyers and clients to deliver legal work more effectively and efficiently by applying legal project management and business improvement approaches across live matters, internal projects, and firm-wide initiatives.
- We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow.
- We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles.
- Whether you're a lawyer or a finance professional, a business developer or an IT expert, we have a wide range of legal and business careers for you.
- Preparing for tomorrow's challenges starts today. That's why CMS adopts a Future Facing approach, ensuring our clients and our people stay ahead in an ever-evolving landscape.
- Global expertise, local insights.
Equal Opportunity
- Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
