Intranet Manager

Digital and Knowledge Management Team, Cambridge, Permanent, Part time

The role

We are looking for an Intranet Manager to work within the Digital and Knowledge Management team. This is a great opportunity to work in an experienced, friendly and expanding team with a pivotal role in the success of Mills & Reeve’s new SharePoint intranet.

Reporting to the Head of Knowledge Management and Digital you will be a valued team member and be supported by experienced colleagues.  You will work with and support lawyers and all business support teams across the firm.

There will be opportunities to work in the firm’s other offices from time to time.

The person

To be successful in the role good knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft applications is essential including, in particular, experience managing SharePoint sites and working in the MS 365 suite (e.g. OneDrive, Teams, Lists etc) as well as the MS Office suite (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint etc).

• You will be well organised and methodical in your approach to your work.  You will be self motivated, proactive and think ahead
• You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and will enjoy working with others. You will have confidence to work with colleagues at all levels of the business and be able to build good and sustainable relationships with your colleagues
• You will be able to manage your own priorities and delegate to others in the team when appropriate, as well as be directed by the intranet steering group and other senior colleagues on strategy and direction of travel for the intranet. You will be happy to seek assistance for yourself when you need it and ask questions for clarity
• You will need to have excellent attention to detail, be keen to provide a high standard of service, and be willing to take on new responsibilities and challenges. You will have an aptitude for learning new skills
• Experience working with Power Automate or Tygraph or the Atlas intranet platform would be a great advantage but not essential

Given the challenges of this role, it is likely that your background and experience will include:

• strong and accurate communication skills
• ability to work independently and manage a varied workload
• a flexible approach to work and ability to juggle multiple and sometimes changing priorities

The package

As you would expect, the firm offers a generous salary and benefits.  The firm’s standard benefits are detailed in the following link:

https://www.mills-reeve.com/careers/benefits

The Mills & Reeve Business Services career structure

We have a firm wide Business Services career structure and a published career progression framework.  Within the firm wide career structure there are five career levels.  For the purposes of the framework, this role is at an Assistant level and the role profile that details the outcomes and activities expected of across the firm is included with this job description.  Further information on the firm’s Business Services career structure is available from the HR team.

Pre-employment screening

Please note that, in the event that we make an offer of employment, we will conduct pre-employment screening that includes, but is not limited to, a basic DBS check, right to work check, any disciplinary history recorded with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role.  A full policy of the screening the firm undertakes is available on request.

The firm

Mills & Reeve is a major UK law firm renowned for its outstanding service to national and international clients, for its collaborative culture and for its deep sector expertise.

The firm has a strong sector focus with expertise in agriculture, charities, education, food and beverage, health, insurance, private wealth, real estate investment, sport and technology. Clients include businesses from PLCs to start-ups, high net worth individuals and landowners, more than 120 universities, colleges and education bodies and over 100 healthcare organisations.

This is an ideal opportunity to build your skills and experience with a major UK law firm, listed as one of the “Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For” for the last 20 years - the only law firm to achieve this.

We are also proud to have been awarded Platinum Investors in People status this year.  The firm joins a select club of only 6% of 50,000 assessed organisations awarded the coveted platinum status.

The firm is also delighted to report for the eighth year running we were named as one of Roll On Friday’s ‘best law firms to works at’.

And finally

Mills & Reeve is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment. We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements and endeavour to achieve the right balance for both our people and the business. This attitude to flexible working ensures we continue to provide outstanding service to our clients, whilst allowing our people to develop their careers in the knowledge that personal priorities will remain just that.

Mills & Reeve is committed to promoting equality, diversity and to providing an inclusive and supportive environment. Please click the link below to find further information regarding our diversity policy.

https://www.mills-reeve.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion

If you would like any more information about Mills & Reeve, you can visit our website by clicking on the following link:

http://www.mills-reeve.com/