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Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm with recognised expertise in housing, local government, health and social care, and specialisms in construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors. Our award-winning and growing legal teams support almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.
As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results, which guide our decisions and how we work with each other to deliver meaningful outcomes for clients and communities.
We are consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and are proud of our reputation. Our 2024/25 financial results showed revenue and profit growth for the twelfth consecutive year, supporting continued investment in our people.
Looking to the future, we are targeting ambitious growth and success, and we are looking for the best people to be part of it.
Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers
Our Risk & Best Practice (R&BP) department in Bristol is recruiting a Risk & Best Practice Assistant to join their busy and growing team.
Responsibilities
* Monitoring & responding to emails to the R&BP mailbox
* Logging risk incidents including data breaches, claims and complaints and ethical issues
* Providing administrative support for the R&BP team, including creating and formatting risk reports, letters and spreadsheets in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
* Assisting in scheduling internal and external meetings (including audits)
* Updating R&BP team policies and guidance and updating relevant links on the intranet
* Preparing and publishing intranet news items for the R&BP team
* Assisting with the setting up and administration of information barriers
* Setting up training sessions on Risk issues for the firm (new starters and existing staff), and monitoring & reporting on completion statistics
* Managing and tracking expenditure on the R&BP team’s online log
* Supporting Due Diligence Officers with client due diligence, including identification/verification of beneficial owners and sanctions/PEP checks
* Ongoing monitoring of clients for anti-money laundering purposes
* Providing support to the rest of the R&BP team in case of absence and handling miscellaneous risk-related queries
There will be scope to work on projects, develop skills and expand responsibilities over time.
What we are looking for from you
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
* Ability to work carefully and methodically with excellent attention to detail
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to identify improvements to working practices within the R&BP team to maximise efficiency
* Ability to take ownership of tasks and projects and manage own workload to meet deadlines
* Ability to deliver high-quality work with time allocated appropriately
* Proactive, self-motivated and flexible approach
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Accounting/Auditing and Administrative
* Industries: Law Practice
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