Legal Operations Associate - Belfast - starting 10 August 2026

Elevate Programme for early-career talent: 12 - 24 months

Location: Belfast city centre, hybrid

Start Date: 10 August 2026

The Opportunity

Did you graduate in law this summer? Or looking for a new opportunity in legal? Join our Elevate Programme and kickstart your career in Legal Operations at one of Belfast's most prestigious and exciting firms, supporting high-profile clients across a range of sectors, including financial services, consumer brands, manufacturing, and wider corporate environments.

This is an opportunity to build strong foundations in legal and professional services while working on live commercial, regulatory, and operational matters. You’ll gain hands-on experience supporting legal projects, reviewing documentation, carrying out research, and helping clients manage risk, regulation, contracts, and process-heavy legal activity.

You’ll be joining a fast-growing Legal Operations team made up of legal professionals and paralegals, where accuracy, organisation, and sound judgement matter. This role would suit graduates with a legal academic background, as well as early-career professionals with some legal, paralegal, or office-based experience who want to grow in a structured and supportive environment.

What the Role Involves

• Supporting a range of legal and regulatory projects across commercial, risk, and compliance-related work.
• Reviewing contracts and associated documentation as part of due diligence and wider legal exercises.
• Drafting, reviewing, and helping negotiate a range of commercial and banking contracts.
• Checking legal documents for quality, consistency, completeness, and accuracy.
• Reviewing legal and related documentation to identify key information, risks, anomalies, and points for categorisation.
• Completing forms, pro forma documents, company searches, and document indexing.
• Preparing and sending documentation to clients and document management systems.
• Supporting post-completion activity across legal projects.
• Conducting legal and commercial research to support wider client delivery.
• Helping with client service and outreach activity across different regulations, document types, and workstreams.

What Success Looks Like

• You quickly build confidence working across legal documentation, systems, and client processes.
• You produce accurate, well-organised work with strong attention to detail.
• You identify inconsistencies, missing information, and risks early.
• You communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues and stakeholders.
• You manage multiple tasks effectively and keep work moving to deadline.
• You build a strong understanding of how legal operations supports wider business and client outcomes.
• You develop the foundations for progression into legal operations, paralegal, risk, compliance, and broader professional services roles.

What We're Looking For

We’re open to recent graduates and early-career professionals looking to build a career in legal operations and professional services. You should bring:

• A strong academic background, with a minimum 2:1 in a legal subject.
• A logical and analytical approach to work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• A proactive mindset and motivation to learn.
• Confidence using, or learning, new systems and IT applications.
• The ability to manage tasks carefully in a fast-paced professional environment.

It would also be useful, though not essential, to have:

• Previous experience in a legal services, paralegal, or corporate office environment.
• Exposure to professional services or documentation-heavy work.
• Additional language skills.

Programme Timings and Ways of Working

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. First interviews are expected to take place virtually. Final stage interviews are expected to take place in person in Belfast. The role begins full-time on Monday 10 August 2026. The first 6 weeks of in-person training take place in central Belfast - candidates will be required to attend the office up to 5 days per week. After training, the role becomes hybrid, with 3 days per week in the Belfast office.

Programme Benefits & Progression

Alongside your starting salary, there will be a performance review every 6 months and a potential salary uplift at 12 months. Ongoing training and development support through one-to-one coaching and access to our award-winning trainers. Health cash plan and cycle to work scheme. Opportunity for conversion into a permanent role at 12-24 months. There is potential for longer-term progression into legal operations, paralegal, regulatory support, risk, compliance, and other specialist pathways.

Why Join?

Be part of a high-growth team that values development and long-term career goals. This is a strong entry point into legal and professional services work. You’ll gain practical experience across real legal and commercial activity. You’ll develop highly transferable skills in analysis, documentation, research, stakeholder communication, and operational delivery.

Please submit your CV and answer a few screening questions via our careers portal. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of applying, your application will not progress further.

Vantage Point Global is a fully committed Equal Opportunities, inclusive employer. We are passionate about attracting diverse talent, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.