Staff Vacancies

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Marketing Administration Assistant

Reporting to: Marketing Manager
Hours of work: 09:00 – 17:30
Salary: Dependent upon experience
Location: Liverpool
Holiday entitlement: 20 days per year rising with years of service
Benefits: Medicash scheme and Pension scheme

Job Description:

Exchange Chambers is an award-winning, progressive, full service set of barristers’ chambers in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds with a proven track record in all major areas of law. We are one of the largest and most well-resourced Chambers in England and Wales. This allows us to provide an unparalleled level of service and cover.

With 200 members and 18 silks, many of our barristers are recognised as leaders in their field.

Consistently ranked as a leading national set, we develop strong relationships with our clients to ensure that we understand their requirements and deliver outstanding service. We aspire to excellence in everything we do, complementing technical legal knowledge with commercial advice.

We are seeking to recruit a Marketing Administration Assistant to provide support to the Marketing Manager in all marketing activities and events. Degree level of education is not essential for this role.

Essential Criteria:

Demonstrates an interest in pursuing a career in marketing
Ability to communicate confidently with barristers, management, clients and suppliers via email, telephone and in person
High level of proficiency of Microsoft Office Suite (advanced user of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Strong working knowledge of X and LinkedIn
Confidence in learning new software and systems
Strong written communication and grammatical skills
High attention to detail and sound proofreading skills
Strong administrative and organisational skills
Enthusiastic, pro-active and calm approach to working in a busy, fast-paced environment
Ability to work unsupervised, prioritise and manage a varied workload/variety of projects
Ability to work as a team, particularly on projects in conjunction with the seminars team
Good commercial awareness, knowledge of the legal sector and understanding of how a Barristers’ Chambers operates

Full job description and list of duties can be found here.

Please send your covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to: Eleanor Piercy: piercy@exchangechambers.co.uk

Seminars and Training Assistant

Hours of work: 09:00-17:30
Starting salary: Dependant on experience
Location: Liverpool
Holiday entitlement: 20 days per year rising with years of service but dependant on experience
Benefits: Medicash scheme, Pension scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Enhanced maternity and paternity Scheme, Volunteer Days, EAP Scheme

Job Description:

Working together with the Seminars and Training Manager in the running of the department.

Duties include:

Assisting in the running of events and training in both internal and external venues, booking rooms, arranging catering, attending the events
Running Teams events, downloading and editing recordings (Teams training can be provided if necessary)
Co-ordinating solicitor training
Setting up all database campaigns on Lex software
Assisting barristers with their powerpoint presentations, formatting marketing materials
Compiling feedback forms on Survey Monkey
Updating the website with seminars
Assembly of training packs when required
Assisting with organising internal training and internal social events
Assisting with the organisation of the Manchester and Liverpool Business and Property Forums on Eventbrite and InDesign
To assist with the organisation of charity events and the charity dinner

Skills required:

An interest and experience in events and marketing
High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint, Excel and Word
Teams, Eventbrite and Survey Monkey knowledge preferable
Adobe InDesign knowledge preferable
Willingness to travel, across the North of England
Driving license and own transport an advantage
Ability to work as a team; working closely with the marketing team
Excellent time management with the skills and ability to prioritise a busy and ever-changing workload
Strong administrative and organisational skills
High attention to detail

Please send your covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to: Jo Stapley at stapley@exchangechambers.co.uk.