Legal Operations and Project Executive

Company: DGH Recruitment Limited
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Location: London
Job Description:

Legal Project Executive – 12 months – £54,000 – London (Hybrid working, 3 days in the office)

My client based in London is recruiting for a Legal Project Executive to join the growing Legal Operations and Project Management team for a 12 month FTC.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of legal service delivery, supporting lawyers and clients to deliver matters more efficiently, effectively, and consistently. You’ll play a key role in embedding project management best practices, driving process improvements, supporting business transformation initiatives, and helping legal teams deliver exceptional client outcomes.

As a Legal Project Executive, you’ll work closely with lawyers, operations teams, and senior stakeholders to ensure matters and projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standard.

You’ll be responsible for applying project management disciplines across legal matters and internal initiatives, supporting change programmes, delivering training, analysing performance data, and championing the adoption of legal project management tools and processes.

This role is ideal for someone with 2-3 years’ project management experience, ideally gained within a professional services or legal environment, who enjoys working with stakeholders, improving processes, and driving meaningful change.

Key Responsibilities

  • Legal Project & Matter Management
  • Process Improvement & Legal Technology
  • Training & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Data Analysis & Reporting

About You

  • 2-3 years’ experience in a project-focused role, ideally within legal or professional services.
  • Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience coordinating multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong attention to detail.
  • Experience supporting change initiatives and process improvement projects.
  • Confidence working with data and producing meaningful management information.

Technical Skills

Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly:

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Posted: October 17th, 2026