Clients and Markets Administrator - Bristol

Job Introduction

DACBeachcroft has an exciting opportunity for an Administrator to join our busy Clients and Markets marketing and business development team on a full-time, permanent, hybrid basis in our Bristol office.

The Clients & Markets Administrator will provide general administrative support for the senior management team, working closely with the Deputy Director of Clients & Markets and Senior Manager (MODEI).  You will undertake a range of tasks in this varied administrative role which is central to ensuring the smooth running of the department.  Key aspects include helping with departmental events and communications, supporting administrative aspects of our digital and data projects, managing the headshot photography and profile process, supporting on document amendments and creating presentation slides. This role is part of the MODEI (Marketing Operations, Digital Experience and Intelligence) team.

We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role.  If this applies to you and you feel you meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy as set out in this advert then please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the Recruitment team will be in touch.

Role Responsibility

• Support the Clients & Markets senior management team in general administration including arranging meetings, formatting documents, producing presentations, updating activity reports and team engagement projects
• Support internal team communication and administration including clients & markets team meetings and bi-annual team days, new starter induction, team learning & development and maintenance of 'how to' documents
• Support the communication of clients & markets activity across the firm including maintenance of the clients & markets intranet pages
• Support the administration of the firm wide legal directory process
• Support the professional headshot photography and profile/bio process
• Provide administration support across a range of digital and data projects and initiatives
• Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.

Firm wide:

• Understands DAC Beachcroft is an international firm.  Works with awareness of this structure to operate as one team/brand
• Actively operates in the best interests of the firm at all times internally and externally
• Operates in a regulated environment, effectively managing risk and compliance issues including data security
• Works in partnership with others to manage and mitigate commercial risk

The Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrable administrative experience
• Good organisational skills and a genuine interest in working with different teams across the department
• Good interpersonal skills and be able to engage appropriately with colleagues in UK and international offices
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work under own initiative, with a positive approach and attitude
• Conscientious, approachable, and enthusiastic
• Proven ability to cope with multiple tasks and prioritise appropriately
• Flexibility to undertake a variety of administrative tasks
• Good IT skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
• Basic understanding of reporting and document layout, and be willing to learn more advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Basic understanding of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop desirable but not essential
• Willingness to learn the demands and responsibilities of different teams across the department, to be able to best support them
• Ability to deal with external suppliers in an efficient, professional and effective manner
• Able to work collaboratively, using a range of tools in a hybrid working environment
• A creative thinker with the ability to push beyond the expected and inspire creativity
• Basic experience of using best practice, process management and risk mitigation in achieving quality and consistency within an organisation

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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