Edinburgh City Centre based | fully office-based initially with flexible working available
Permanent role | Full time hours | Monday to Friday | 9:00am to 5:00pm
Salary up to £34,000 per annum + benefits (depending on experience)
Search Consultancy are delighted to be working with a leading Legal firm based in Edinburgh City Centre to recruit this role on a permanent basis.
The successful candidate will be based within one of the firm's law departments and will be responsible for providing comprehensive PA support to the Partners & Fee-earners to enable them to focus on their Core work delivering legal services.
This role would ideally suit an experienced PA from either a Legal, Corporate or Professional Services background who has first class communication skills and excellent organisation skills.
Duties involved in this role will include:
* Providing comprehensive PA & high-level Administration assistance to Partners & Fee-earners in one of the law teams within the Edinburgh office - including client matter administration, operational support, financial coordination, and workflow management
* Anticipating the upcoming support needs of the Partner & the wider team, identifying requirements in advance & ensuring that Partners are fully equipped with required information & documentation
* Carrying out comprehensive diary management, ensuring that all meetings, deadlines & commitments are accurately recorded & follow up
* Acting as first point of contact for Partners, managing their inboxes, dealing with enquiries as appropriate & escalating where required
* Ensuring all documents, correspondence, compliance records & AML/onboarding documentation are maintained accurately and filed correctly
* Full meeting management including preparation of meeting packs & distributing to attendees beforehand, room bookings, tech setup where needed, hospitality prep & arranging of travel & accommodation
* Providing financial administration support including billing, Cashroom activity, fee letter preparation, bank transfer requests & ensuring all are processed accurately
* Various ad hoc PA duties as required
In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:
* Extensive previous PA or EA experience preferably from within a Tax, Legal, corporate or Professional Services setting - this experience is ESSENTIAL
* First class communication skills, both written & verbal
* Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail - with the ability to prioritise & complete a sometimes very busy workload effectively
* Solid IT skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and the ability to pick up new systems quickly
* Complete confidentiality in your work as you will be required to handle sensitive client information as part of your role.
If this is the role for you, apply now!
Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role.
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
Salary description
£30000.00 - £34000.00 per year