About Ashurst

Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history spanning more than 200 years. We are proud of our history and are future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit www.ashurst.com.

Department / Role overview

Working as part of our Global Risk & Compliance Department, the Conflicts & Ethics Team is responsible for analysing all new clients and matters to identify and resolve legal and commercial "conflicts of interest".

The role is ideally suited to an individual with a clear and confident communication style, and a desire to work collaboratively with a dynamic and motivated team. The successful candidate will have a keen eye for detail and an interest in current affairs. A legal qualification is not essential, but problem solving and professionalism are key. You will work alongside colleagues from Glasgow, London, Perth and Sydney, to provide conflicts clearance as our partners and clients pursue the most exciting deals on offer across the globe.

Main responsibilities

Business as usual:

• Develop and maintain knowledge of the rules of professional conduct applicable across the countries in which Ashurst lawyers practise
• Use your research skills to identify and verify clients, third parties and assets involved in new business requests
• Develop and apply your understanding of legal transactions to determine the relationships between parties involved in a particular matter; and if in doubt, liaise with the partners and lawyers
• Analyse information in the firm’s conflict management systems and other databases to identify any potential conflicts of interest
• Work collaboratively with team members and Senior Management to find solutions to potential legal and commercial conflicts
• Record excellent phone notes, legal and commercial analysis to serve as a record of compliance for our insurers, regulators and firm management
• Maintain the highest standards of data quality within the conflicts database.

Other tasks

• Work across function groups (Finance, HR, IT, Business Development) to tackle projects and solve problems
• Take advantage of our continuous professional development opportunities and carefully planned career development
• Assist in preparing and delivering training and other compliance education sessions for the business.

Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Essential skills and experience

• Prior experience within Risk & Compliance ideally within a professional services/corporate environment
• An interest in the work undertaken by a corporate multinational firm
• A desire to understand the business and work closely as a team to solve problems
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and able to work well under pressure
• Strong IT literacy and the ability to adapt to new processes and technology quickly
• Strong interpersonal skills required to engage all levels of legal and support staff
• The discretion required to maintain confidential information appropriately

Desired skills and experience

• Good judgement and business awareness
• Use of legal, business search engines and databases

Background checks

In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks. These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations.

We are looking for a self-motivated, meticulous and committed individual to join the Representation and Law Reform department. The successful candidate will be required to perform committee administration and legal administrative work, as well as provide support for the work of the Law Society’s Practice Committees, for the benefit of the Society’s members and the legal profession.

Responsibilities

• Organise and take minutes for Practice Committee meetings and meetings with the Courts and other external stakeholders
• Perform legal administrative work, including collating and consolidating legal inputs, as well as basic legal research and legal drafting
• Support and facilitate the work and various initiatives of the Council of the Law Society and the Practice Committees

Requirements

• A Diploma in law
• At least 2 years’ of experience as a paralegal or legal support staff in a law firm
• Experience in supporting transactional or corporate work will be an asset
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Strong language ability with demonstrated proficiency in written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently but also as a team player
• Good administrative and organisational skills
• Highly ethical, discreet and able to maintain confidentiality
• Proficient in MS Office

To apply, please email your detailed resume, including your qualifications, expected salary and contact particulars of two employment references to [email protected].

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Interested applicants are invited to apply directly at the NUS Career Portal.

Your application will be processed only if you apply via NUS Career Portal.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Job Description

The NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is looking for a highly dynamic, creative and energetic individual to join its Communications team. The incumbent is a strong and versatile writer and project manager, who will work with the Communications leadership and key internal and external stakeholders to formulate, coordinate and implement a range of strategic and corporate communications initiatives to:

- Raise the profile of the School as a leading medical school in Asia and the world
- Showcase ground-breaking, impactful healthcare research
- Highlight key education programmes that train and nurture competent, compassionate doctors and nurses

Responsibilities include:

• Work with team members and appointed creative agency to drive the social media strategy that enhances the position of the School as one of the leading medical schools in Asia and the world.
• Responsible for planning, development, coordination of production timelines and delivery of corporate digital, online social media content such as infographics, photography, videography, visuals and other media across owned digital platforms.
• Writing, story-boarding proof-reading, and copy-editing text and material for the School’s website and social media platforms.
• Manage monthly reporting of social media efforts, campaigns and tracking of media buy budgets.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to plan and develop a comprehensive communications plan to support the strategic initiatives for the Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD), Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality (ARCLE), and the Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI)
• Conceptualise and create content, manage websites, social media platforms and developing event collaterals and materials including but not limited to videos, posters, EDMs, social media posts, brochures etc for internal and/or external dissemination.
• Responsible for budgetary planning, procurement and budget control for communications activities for the above named centres.
• Manage and coordinate on-going projects, keeping an eye on timelines and achieving milestone goals to meet specific deadlines.
• Review key initiatives and report on progress at management meetings.
• Gatekeeping for matters pertaining to corporate identity, logo, School Vision, Mission, Values, to ensure consistent and accurate use of the School’s corporate identifiers.
• Ensure proper archival of collaterals, press releases, corporate material and visual/graphic footage and images.
• Where assigned, to facilitate any production, writing and editing work pertaining to corporate collaterals such as brochures, briefs, reports, presentation decks, EDMs and online/web material.

Qualifications

• Degree holder in Communications, English, English Literature, Arts, Journalism, Visual Communications, Advertising, Marketing and/or similar, with at least 5 to 8 years of relevant job experience
• Previous experience in journalism, integrated marketing, advertising, corporate communications
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and project management skills to work with stakeholders of all levels across the organisation
• Has an eye for aesthetics to produce and work with and across visual mediums including EDMs, photo, videos, web material and print
• Strong writing and presentation abilities for a range of audiences, including lay and specialist
• Interface and build stakeholder relationships, including governmental agencies and community partners Experience in planning/producing content and developing regular ‘always-on’ social media engagement initiatives as well as strategic campaigns.
• Good operational knowledge of key social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter as well as Google/web analytics.
• Able to design and use Adobe Photoshop/ Illustrator, video editing tools to create sound and visually appealing collaterals.
• Good camera abilities to capture still and moving visuals will be a plus

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Department : Dean's Office (Medicine)

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 22942

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