Part-time Legal PA – 2 days

Part-time Legal PA – 2 days
12 month FTC
£14,440 (£36,000 pro rata)
London - City


THE COMPANY:

Our client is a large and prestigious Legal Firm providing a reputatable service across multiple discplines and countries. They value their support staff and the importance of work/life balance and employee benefits, providing an excellent working environment.


THE ROLE:

This is a part-time role with a work pattern of 2 full days on Thursday and Fridays 

• Proactively manage Parter and Fee Earner diaries and appointments ensuring others within the team are aware of their movements
• Manage partner and fee-earner internal and external appointments with appropriate meeting lead and travel times, assisting with meeting preparation and the coordination of post meeting actions
• Coordinate detailed travel arrangements for the assigned partners and fee-earners including visas and itineraries
• Arrange lunches and dinners and other events as required
• Produce accurate and compliant documents and correspondence
• Assist fee-earners with expense claims in a timely manner
• Establish effective work practices with partners and fee- earners to manage the matter life cycle from file opening to closure/archival
• Implement effective telephone call management and other communication work practices.
• Manage the entry of timesheets
• Manage partner and fee-earners’ email as required
• Ensure filing is up to date and undertaken regularly. This includes printing documents as required and filing them in the relevant files promptly
• Manage the billing process including the creation of pre-bills, the editing of bills, coordinating write-offs and discounts, finalising bills and narratives and posting onto the system as per firm policy and process.
• Assist partners and fee-earners with their BD responsibilities.  This includes producing pitches, updating CVs and credentials, producing International BD visit reports and updating the necessary client information databases.

 
THE PERSON:

• Proven experience working as a Legal PA within a similar environment.
• Experience gained within Corporate Law would be beneficial.
• Typing speed minimum of 55wpm + with 98% accuracy. 
• Intermediate to advanced skill level with the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven high level organisational and time management skills with the ability to think ahead, prioritise workload, respond to and manage changing circumstances and under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good judgement and problem-solving ability.
• Takes pride in their work and positively impacts those around them
• Adopts a positive communication style, even when challenged by others
• Goes above and beyond to contribute to the success of the firm
• Pays attention to the quality and accuracy of their work
• Suggests new ideas or ways of doing things in a confident, constructive and sensitive way

 

 
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