# Legal Support Assistant

**Company**: Pinsent Masons
**Location**: Birmingham
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

Join Pinsent Masons as a Legal Support Assistant in Birmingham, providing dedicated legal, research, and administrative support to a senior visually impaired lawyer within the General Counsel's Office data protection team.

**The Role**

As a Legal Support Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the data protection team. Your tasks will include:

- Preparing weekly data protection news updates, focusing on developments in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

- Reviewing and proofreading documents, including comparison documents and tracked changes.

- Providing administrative support, such as organising emails, locating documents, and taking notes during calls and meetings.

- Conducting legal research using internal and external resources.

- Creating and formatting tables, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.

- Supporting ad hoc administrative and personal tasks.

- Attending events and travelling to other offices as required.

**Requirements**

To succeed in this role, you will need:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- A high level of attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, well-presented work.

- Strong IT skills and confidence using digital systems and online research resources.

- Ability to prioritise effectively, work to deadlines, and adapt to frequent or last-minute changes.

- A collaborative, responsible, and empathetic approach.

- A degree in Law or a similar research-based subject is desirable.

- Experience in a legal role, such as working as a paralegal, and/or completion of the Legal Practice Course is advantageous but not essential.

**Benefits**

Pinsent Masons offers a competitive benefits package, including:

- 25 days holiday

- Bonus Scheme

- Pension Scheme

- Electric Car Scheme

- Enhanced Family Leave policies

- Private Medical Insurance

- Health, lifestyle, and wellbeing benefits

**Working Hours and Flexibility**

The standard working hours are 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM, with a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home working model. Flexible working requests are considered.

## Skills

### Required
- written and verbal communication
- attention to detail
- IT skills
- prioritisation
- collaborative approach

### Nice to have
- degree in Law
- legal experience
- Legal Practice Course

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