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Form of work
SalaryPart-Time - 20 hours however negotiable
Rewarding Salary and benefits
The successful candidate will provide a proactive and comprehensive PA service to Partners & Fee earners to enable them to focus their time on providing legal services to clients.
As a PA you will:
Diary Management - Holidays, meetings, arranging travel etc
Keeping Partner/Fee Earner advised of upcoming activities and provide any required papers in advance;
Arranging internal and external meetings including the booking of rooms, arranging refreshments and equipment as required. Checking rooms prior to meetings and liaising with other attendees;
Preparing and distributing meeting packs/working papers
Producing Aderant reports;
Ensuring out-going mail and enclosures are ready for collection by the mailroom. All documentation should be signed and sealed, where possible and should be ready in a timely manner;
Taking accurate messages where required and passing messages on in a timely manner
Provide assistance to other Tax & Succession PAs as required; and
Monitoring post and/or e-mails as required and ensuring all relevant client related correspondence is direct to the appropriate fee earner.
PAs also complete our CMI and AML processes for their teams and assist fee-earners in organising Business Development and Marketing activities as required
Assist and liaise with fee-earners and the Finance team for any financial matters including Cashroom and Billing tasks
Skills/Qualifications
Legal Secretarial or PA experience
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
Attention to detail is a must along with confidentiality;
Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise own workload;
Flexible and dependable
Ability to work to tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure;
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and other in-house software packages in use
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.
