Legal Administrator - Part time

Company Description

We’re Together – the market leading property finance experts with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Based in Cheadle, South Manchester, we’ve been established since in 1974 and have built a team of over 750 colleagues who are passionate about supporting individuals and businesses achieve their property ambitions by making finance work for them.

We pride ourselves on our common sense approach to lending and offer a range of mortgage and secured loan products to individuals and businesses who are typically underserved by mainstream lenders. Our customers are central to everything we do and we work hard to support them to turn challenges into opportunities which make our customers' property ambitions a reality.

The Legal Administrator is part of the Together Group Legal team and will provide administrative support on all matters impacting the Group Legal team from time to time. It is anticipated that this role will be filled on a 0.6FTE part basis (22.5 hours). There is flexibility as to when these hours can be completed as agreed with line manager from time to time.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Efficiently completing ad hoc and scheduled administrative tasks for the Legal Team.
• Assisting with preparing correspondence to third parties.
• Assisting with the formatting and pulling together of papers and information prepared by the Legal team.
• Raising purchase orders and managing the process re payment of suppliers with Finance.
• Assisting with the completion and maintenance of contract, legal claims and other related databases/ trackers as required from time to time.
• Collation of key documents and account level information from Group systems to support legal activity and analysis and distributing to third parties as required.
• Storing and maintaining Legal owned processes and procedures.
• Supporting the GC and Senior Legal Counsels with ad hoc diary management requests, including the managing arrangements of monthly Legal meetings with the business.
• Collation and preparation of MI as may be required from time to time.
• Arranging travel and accommodation for the Legal team (occasional only).
• Assisting senior members of the Legal team with team meeting arrangements and agendas.

Essential experience and skills:

• Previous experience in an Administrator role is essential
• Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to work to tight deadlines
• Positive, can do and approachable attitude
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good literacy, numeracy and multi-tasking skills

Desirable experience and skills:

• Experience within an office based Customer Service environment
• Experience within a Legal or claims based environment

Additional InformationBenefits working at Together

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  27 days holiday (increasing with service), plus bank holidays
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  Buy & sell holidays
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  Discretionary annual bonus
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  Matched pension contribution
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  Life assurance
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  Critical illness cover
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  Health cash plan
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  Private medical insurance
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  Free access to company holiday homes
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  Travel season ticket loans
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  Ride to work scheme
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  Free local gym access
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  Local bar / restaurant discounts

Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.