Senior Legal Assistant
Senior Legal Assistant
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Job Description
Join one of the worlds most iconic brands and play a key role in supporting our Legal team across the UK and Ireland. McDonalds is growing fast and were looking for a Senior Legal Assistant to provide high-level administrative and secretarial support to our VP General Counsel & Company Secretary and the wider Legal department.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly regarded in-house legal team. Youll be at the heart of our legal operations helping to manage everything from diary coordination and budget tracking to compliance filings and external legal communications.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Manage diaries meetings travel arrangements and expenses for the VP and Legal team
- Act as the first point of contact and central hub for the Legal department
- Handle incoming legal correspondence including claims DSARs and court documentation
- Oversee office management onboarding/offboarding and team event planning
- Process invoices and track spend across multiple budgets liaising with external law firms
- Support annual budget compilation and spend control including Marketing Co-operative allocations
- Coordinate compliance filings and statutory record keeping for UK entities
- Manage annual declarations and disclosures for Standards of Business Conduct and conflicts of interest
- Liaise with external bodies such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Data Protection Commission
- Arrange document certification via notaries and maintain legal subscriptions
- Collaborate with the Executive Assistants Group and support SLT scheduling and compliance training
Qualifications :
What Youll Need:
- Proven experience in an Executive Assistant role
- Legal Assistant experience is desirable but not essential
- High level of discretion and professionalism when handling confidential and sensitive information
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to build trust and influence
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail with a proactive and collaborative mindset
- Proficiency in MS Office especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
- Curious efficient and committed to continuous improvement
What Youll Get:
- Be part of a respected and friendly in-house legal team supporting a high-profile brand
- Access to industry-leading training and career development opportunities
- A collaborative and inclusive culture where your ideas are valued
- Competitive salary plus bonus cash allowance free parking free lunch and gym access
- Hybrid working pattern
Additional Information :
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonalds and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
McDonalds is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other and how we interact with customers franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent creating positive energising exceptional working environment for us all.
Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.
Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together
At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities which we are proud of. The diversity of our people customers Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
