Senior Legal Operations Engineer - 5871

Job Title: Senior Legal Operations Engineer - Legal & Business Affairs

Contract: Full time, 12-month fixed term contract

Salary: £66,900 - £89,550 depending on level of experience

Location: Cambridge. Hybrid

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and learning and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

We are looking for an experienced legal operations professional to play a key role in the delivery of our legal operations plan.

This is an opportunity for you to join the legal operations team within the Legal & Business Affairs (L&BA) department. L&BA empowers the business to make effective and ethical choices and is enthusiastic about operational excellence and continuous improvement.

We actively seek new team members who share our passion and our values: collaborative, innovative, empowering and responsible.

What can we offer you?

The role will involve leading on and contributing to a variety of key projects which form part of the wider legal operations plan. You will work closely with L&BA staff on tech implementation projects as well as initiatives to enhance and improve: processes; system functionality; and user adoption.

What will you do in this role?

In this role, you will report to the Director of Legal Operations. You will be a key contributor to legal tech and process improvement projects as well as leading some initiatives autonomously.

Projects planned for delivery in the next 12 months include:

• Additions and enhancements to our Contract Lifecycle Management system (Ironclad);
• Additions and enhancements to our Matter Management system (Lawcadia);
• Additions and enhancements to our Document Management System (iManage);
• Implementation of AI based tools for queries and legal research.

You will act as a subject matter expert within the wider department and develop strong working relationships with stakeholders within L&BA and in the wider business.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working collaboratively with the Director of Legal Operations and Legal Operations Manager to deliver the legal operations plan;
• Providing professional expertise and advice to the Legal function on legal technology and legal process best practice;
• Managing a workload of between one and two projects contributing to the legal operations plan;
• Attending and contributing to regular project and team meetings;
• Designing new processes and implementing these via configuration changes within the systems;
• Planning and undertaking testing of system enhancements and managing fixes/workarounds;
• Planning and undertaking user training.

Who are you?

We don't mind whether you have gained your experience in-house, at a law firm or with a legal technology vendor.

While we may give an indication of desired experience in relevant roles as a guide, we're also keen to hear about different experience which would make you a strong addition to our team.

You're curious to learn, and a perfect mix of self-starter and team player.

Along with sound legal operations skills, you will communicate effectively, providing expert guidance at a time and in a way that enables delivery of departmental objectives. Whatever you are working on, you will be able to deliver your own initiatives and projects in a way that inspires confidence, as well as working collaboratively with others in the team and the wider organisation.

Your success will be underpinned by your ability to prioritise, with a practical and pragmatic approach to delivery of legal operations projects.

Location

We support hybrid working. The amount of time in the office will be a decision based on your and the team's needs, rather than rigid requirements.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 21 April 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 21st April & w/c 28th April though some interviews may be carried on a rolling basis prior to the advertised dates.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.