Role Overview Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. Weâre naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. Weâll truly value your ideas. Youâll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where youâll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. Youâll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results. Our people are our success, and we work as one team. We are recruiting Legal Support Assistant to assist a visually impaired lawyer in the data protection team of an international law firm The role is based in our Birmingham Office. Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, however, we are happy to consider flexible working requests. Candidate Overview We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience: A degree in Law, studied Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx), or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) Assisting with legal research via use of internal and external electronic resources. For example, intranet sites, Practical Law (PLC) and the Information Commissionerâs Office website Assisting in keeping the lawyer apprised of data protection developments in the news by means of weekly news updates including with respect to EU regions Assisting with reading comparison documents and documents containing track changes Reading aloud from a variety of sources, including letters, books, contracts, legislation Proof reading documents and emails for typos and ensuring good quality output from a visual point of view Organising/filing emails and searching for documents within emails and the Firmâs document management systems Taking notes on calls and in meetings Assisting with any ad hoc administrative and personal tasks Attending conferences, seminars and other events, which may occasionally require overseas travel Travel to other Pinsent Masons offices may be required, as appropriate Candidate must be prepared to flex and work from the office as requested (typically 2-3 times a week, but subject to change) Flexible and able to manage frequent and sometimes last minute changes in own workload and diary Highly collaborative, emotionally intelligent and empathetic Proficient in using legal research resources Responsible and adaptable, someone who can take sound initiative and pride in their work output Able to prioritise and work to strict deadlines What happens next? Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate. Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. Itâs with different perspectives that weâll find solutions to our clientsâ most complex challenges. Itâs how weâll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. LI-BOSO