Legal PA - Employment Law
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Location
City of London
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£40000 - £45000 per annum
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Contact:
Lee Laming
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Contact email:
lee@jmlegal.co.uk
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Job ref:
LL/EMOMH_1721296497
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Published:
3 months ago
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Expiry date:
2024-08-17
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Startdate:
ASAP
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Consultant:
ConsultantDrop
Legal PA - Employment Law for a specialist Employment Law Firm in the City supporting Partner level. £45,000 + Hybrid working 2 days at home.
Legal PA and administrative support to Partners, fee-earners and to deliver pro-active support to the Marketing and Operations Director, displaying a strong focus on exceptional client service.
Key Responsibilities
* Providing administrative and secretarial support including assisting on specific projects.
* Word processing, typing and collating correspondence and other documents, amending and formatting documents quickly and accurately.
* Assisting with the onboarding of new clients and matters, including processing KYC and AML checks and preparing engagement letters.
* Maintaining diary systems including arranging and booking internal and external meetings including client lunches and dinners.
* Arranging travel and hotel requirements for fee-earners.
* Handling expense claims for fee-earners.
* Scheduling archiving and retrieval of files from storage.
* Managing front of house and client and internal meeting rooms including meeting and greeting external clients / visitors.
* Assisting with organising internal events (e.g. client lunches and dinners, social events).
* Ensuring fee-earner capacity trackers are kept updated.
* Arranging couriers, redirecting post.
* Assisting with resolving any routine business operations problems as part of the overall support team.
* Assisting with IT admin / equipment set up / return for new joiners and leavers and ordering new equipment for existing staff, when required.
Skills and Experience
* Prior experience in a legal secretarial role / prior secretarial / PA experience in a fast-paced City environment is desirable.
* Strong, accurate typing skills (65+ wpm).
* High proficiency in all Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), together with the use of house styles.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong proofing skills.
* Pro-active with a strong ownership approach to the operational workflow.
* Good judgement and ability to work on own initiative.