Proofreading Medical jobs

Proofreader

Salary: £26,500 per annum plus 30% shift allowance (£34,450 total), plus company benefits

Location: Leeds, LS10 1AB

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Shifts: 40 hours per week, Tuesday to Saturday, 11pm until 8am with 1 hour break

Work model: Fully onsite

Williams Lea seeks a Proofreader to join our team!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea employees, nearly 7000 people worldwide, who provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.

Purpose of role

The primary function of this role is to identify and correct spelling, grammar, and verbiage errors in complex legal documents, ensuring accuracy and clarity.

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 with discretion.
• Communicate with the manager and client regarding any job or deadline issues.
• Adhere to company policies as well as client site policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Personal attributes

• Experience proofreading, preferably in a legal, banking, or large corporate environment, is desirable.
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is desired.
• Familiarity with legal timekeeping or job tracking systems is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and quality.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Capable of handling sensitive and/or confidential documents and information.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Professional and effective communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Proven customer service skills to build, maintain, and enhance customer relationships

Rewards and Benefits

We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles)
• Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Assessments
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Referral Scheme

You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!

Equality and Diversity

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.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview, please contact us at careersatWL@williamslea.com (we do not accept applications to this email address).

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