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Legal PA - Employment Law

Legal PA - Employment Law

  • Location

    City of London

  • Sector:

    Legal PA & Secretarial

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £40000 - £45000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Lee Laming

  • Contact email:

    lee@jmlegal.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    LL/EMOMH_1721296497

  • Published:

    3 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2024-08-17

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • 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.