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SalaryMANCHESTER OR BIRMINGHAM
Role Overview
Vario is a market leading alternative legal services provider within the law firm, Pinsent Masons. It is unique in the legal sector. Vario is a practice group within Pinsent Masons which incorporates; Flexible Services, Consulting and Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).
We are recruiting a Personal Assistant (PA) to provide proactive and professional support to various members of the Vario leadership team.
Some of the day to day duties will include diary management, booking travel, expenses, organising events, ordering event collateral and email management.
Candidate Overview
The ideal candidate will have the ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders, be a self-starter, creative and meticulously organised.
In addition to this, the successful candidate will have the following experience:
- Experience of working within a similar role
- Experience of working at senior management level
- Excellent IT skills, particularly MS Outlook, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
What can we offer you?
- Agile working (the opportunity to work from home, subject to diary commitments)
- Carers' leave (up to five paid days' leave towards caring responsibilities)
- 25 days' annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days
- Contributory pension of up to 5%
- Private healthcare policy
- Death in service cover (4 x base salary)
- Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan, an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan
- Cycle to work scheme
What happens next?
Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.
We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.
Our strength lies in our differences.
We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It's with different perspectives that we'll find solutions to our clients' most complex challenges. It's how we'll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.
Our in-house recruiter, Victoria Greaves, would be happy to have an informal chat about this role, provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format, and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Victoria by emailing
