Apprentice Team Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland
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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Description
Region 1- EMEA

  • Practice group 1
  • Employment, Labor and Pensions Group


  • Office 1

  • Manchester


  • Position type 1

  • Fixed Term


  • Summary

  • We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with 5,000+ colleagues in more than 30 countries. We're full‐service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we're equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we're purposeful and purposeled. So although the world is fastmoving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We're ambitious for our clients, our communities and for you. Whether you're starting out on your career or well established, whether you're a lawyer or in business services. If you're looking for what's next, we are too.

What to expect
For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It's energetic, fast-moving and there's always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what's next, will ensure you thrive too.


Our team


As one of the largest full service global law practices, our support team play a fundamental role in delivering a professional client service for both our UK and international offices.

Adding value and supporting our stakeholders is the key to the success of our teams.

If you thrive on being challenged and enjoy working in a highly motivated team, have a can-do approach with good communication skills, we look forward to meeting you.


We believe people develop through learning and are transforming our approach to learning and performance through our feedback and development culture and an innovative approach to professional development for all of our people.

This underpins our high performance culture so that our people feel managed, supported and developed continuously and as part of their everyday work.

Our comprehensive learning programmes are delivered globally using a blended learning approach, which combines technical and business skills as well as talent development.


Role and key responsibilities
The role of Team Assistant is to provide core support within Practice Group Support and across the business.


Our Team Assistants are responsible for a varied range of tasks, providing first class client service and undertaking a full range of transactional tasks and activities, supporting stakeholders from across the business.

Within this role you will have the opportunity to network with a variety of internal teams and external organisations, enhancing your skills, knowledge and expertise.

We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, a variety of technical training and soft skills courses, and are committed to a culture of continuous feedback.


Skills and experience

We are looking for:

  • Previous administrative experience within an office environment preferable but not essential
  • Seeks to provide an outstanding level of client services at all times
- "Can do" and positive attitude

  • Polite, cooperative and upbeat with all colleagues
  • Effective communicator and good interpersonal skills
  • Commitment to deliver and ability to use initiative
  • Good relationship building skills, both internal and external
  • Takes ownership for the impact of their work
  • Prioritises workload effectively
  • Organised, methodical and accurate
  • Awareness of quality and risk and task management
  • Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability
  • Desire to strive and go the extra mile
  • Strong team ethic; offer to support where necessary
  • Enthusiastic and interested in the role and firm
  • Good IT skills and knowledge

What's in it for you?


At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.


  • We're fair, transparent and equitable
  • We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
  • We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
  • We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
  • We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
  • We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
  • We provide experience and opportunity through international and crossfunction exposure
  • We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
  • We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance
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