Temp-to-Perm/Permanent: Office Services Assistant at top US Law Firm to £24,000

Growing US law firm, housed in stunning City offices is looking to hire a stand-alone, self-starting Office Services Assistant to work the hours 9am to 5:30pm. Duties will include ensuring incoming mail is collected in the morning and outgoing post is franked and taken to the building post services in the evening, delivering and collecting internal/external documentation throughout the day, arranging incoming/outgoing couriers and deliveries, ensuring the delivery and collection of recycling/confidential waste, coordination of all reprographic, scanning and digital printing requests, ensuring timely, accurate and satisfactory completion, printing, binding and laminating materials, including pitch books, in a timely and accurate manner, maintaining stock levels for office stationary and reprographics consumables and place orders for supplies when appropriate, keeping printers and photocopiers maintained at all times (full with paper, staples, toner etc.), recording and taking responsibility for troubleshooting and simple maintenance for photocopiers, working with Operations Manager to promote the scan/print/copy/finishing services provided internally to encourage higher usage and be willing to assist other support departments during occurrences of staff absence or instances of high work volume when required.  Applicants need to have a minimum of 5 GSCEs grade A-D, a minimum 2 years’ experience working within a professional services environment and previous experience working in a Law Firm preferable although not essential.  The firm is ideally looking for someone with strong communication and organisational skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, competent with Microsoft Office 2010, the ability to communicate with employees at all levels, in particular senior management and be able to work well and remain calm under pressure whilst adhering to deadlines.  The firm is happy to recruit this role as a temp-to-perm opportunity or straight permanent hire, so candidates available immediately will have a good opportunity to secure this position.