THE OPPORTUNITY 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Document Automation Manager to join our team here at DLA Piper in our Leeds office, leading a growing team of automators at a truly international, full-service law firm, helping us to redefine the possible. You will be working right at the start of a project to build out an industry-leading service aimed at improving the working lives of over 4,000 lawyers, while delivering quality and consistency across their work for the benefit of our clients. This role involves working with the Knowledge and Legal Process Improvement teams and business users to increase the volume of automated documents across our International business using the firm's DocAuto tool, Contract Express.   

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Day to day management of document automation (DocAuto) across our International business in line with our strategic plan, including scoping and managing projects and the document automation pipeline
• To manage the central DocAuto team
• To manage the training of document automators, both within the central DocAuto team and in the wider business
• To maintain our best practice DocAuto handbook
• To maintain our DocAuto training materials and supporting collateral
• To help champion DocAuto across our International business
• To help develop the client facing aspects of document automation for identified projects as these arise within the International business
• To manage the relationship with our document automation software provider
• To liaise with our IT team to test and implement software updates
• To act as a point of escalation for our IT support team to troubleshoot any issues which users may experience with DocAuto

ABOUT YOU    

Personal skills

• Excellent organisational and project and team management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Effective communicator at all levels
• Able to build trust and rapport to develop effective relationships
• Able to handle multiple priorities, working to sometimes conflicting timescales in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Client service orientated

Technical skills

• An advanced working knowledge of document automation using Contract Express, preferably within a law firm.
• Commercial awareness of the role of document automation in the delivery of legal services.
• An advanced understanding of Microsoft Word. 

ABOUT US                          

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world.  We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering  practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.                            

OUR VALUES                                  

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in
• Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big
• Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION    

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.           

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent.  Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.  

AGILE WORKING

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly.  That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING    

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we may conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.