Proofreader Leeds, England
Williams Lea
Full Time
Leeds, England
27000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Proofreader
Job title: Proofreader
Salary: £27,000 per annum
Location: Darwin House, Leeds Valley Park, Savannah Way, Leeds LS10 1AB
Contract: Full time, permanent
Shifts: 40 hours a week; Sunday through Wednesday 06:00 – 17:00
Work Model: Hybrid; 2 days onsite, 2 days remote
Interview process: Two Microsoft Teams video interviews and one remote assessment
Williams Lea seeks a Proofreader to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms.
Sound good so far? Then this is the perfect position for you, and you are just the individual that we are looking for!
Purpose of the role: In this role the primary function will be to identify and correct spelling, grammar, and verbiage errors in complex legal documents.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and correct spelling, grammar, and verbiage errors in complex legal documents.
- Detect formatting and compositional errors in documents.
- Check corrected proofs of legal documents against mark-up for comparison and quality assurance.
- Assist the Document Services team with document production and preparation as needed.
- Handle sensitive and/or confidential documents and information.
- Communicate with manager and client on job or deadline issues.
- Adhere to Williams Lea policy in addition to client site policy.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Key Skills
- Minimum (1) year proofreading experience preferably in a legal, banking or large corporate environment strongly preferred
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint desired.
- Knowledge of a legal timekeeping or job tracking system is preferred.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment.
- Strong attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality.
- Ability to prioritize work to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
- Must have good organizational skills
- Ability to handle sensitive and/or confidential documents and information
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to communicate professionally both verbally and in writing
- Must be self-motivated with a positive attitude
- Proven customer service skills are required in order to create, maintain and enhance customer relationships
The Package
Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance/Life Assurance, Company Pension, Corporate Eye Care, Personal Accident and Company Sick Pay. Additional benefits such as Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Charity Donations, Employee Offers, Retail Vouchers and Season Ticket Loan are offered at a discount on a salary sacrifice basis. You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer; and dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects.
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
Please note: Due to the high volume of responses received for this role we will not be able to contact all applicants directly. If you have not heard from us in four weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.
Williams Lea
www.wlt.com
London, United Kingdom
David Kassler
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Advertising & Public Relations
1820
