Business Service Placement - Smarter Working Team

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

Business Service Placement - Smarter Working Team

We are currently recruiting for a placement student to join our Smarter Working team for a 6-week period over summer 2024. This is a paid opportunity.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The role

You will be working in Smarter Working, our innovation team, who use process, automation, technology, data, and knowledge to improve internal efficiency and enhance service delivery for our clients. This placement will provide a unique opportunity to work alongside our lawyers, analysts, and technology specialists. Your responsibilities will be varied but are likely to include:

• Assisting with ongoing projects, including project testing
• Assisting our Information Services team with research requests and bulletin production
• Assisting with the firm’s Knowledge System project
• Assisting with process analysis and project scoping
• General research
• Drafting and updating internal information pages, training resources, and external brochures
• Project management and general administrative support for the team.

HR Contact

If you would like further information on the role or require accommodations to make your application, please contact Jaimee-leigh McAulay at [e-mail] or call 07843452434.

At Shepherd and Wedderburn, we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive, and high-performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our business, and we therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds to all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity, we particularly encourage applications from those who may be from underrepresented groups, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, people with disabilities or who are neurodivergent, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.