Legal Recruitment & Executive Search Specialist
Permanent
Full-Time
Senior Legal PA
A top UK Law firm is looking to hire a new Senior Legal PA on a permanent basis, to support their busy Private Client team with all secretarial and administration duties.
• Salary to £46,500
• Generous Hybrid Working (2 days in office 3 remote)
• Collaborative and friendly working environment
The Senior Legal PA will assist the Practice Area Manager who is a Partner and a Knowledge Lawyer. The Senior Legal PA will heavily assist in organisational support for both these Lawyers and the wider practice.
Responsibilities of the Senior Legal PA will include:
• Effective and proactive diary management.
• Awareness of Fee Earners’ workloads to plan ahead with minimal supervision.
• Processing relevant applications, forms or searches.
• Researching new clients / contacts and prepares bios before meetings and conducting basic research.
• Arranging travel and any other activities on behalf of Fee Earners, creating typed work of a high quality, formatting in accordance with house style.
• Preparing bills (including bill narratives).
• Preparing AML documentation and obtaining relevant documentation / carrying out conflict searches and correctly identifying the work type.
• Maintaining up to date knowledge and a strong understanding of Fee Earners’ matters.
• This position will also be supporting a Knowledge Lawyer.
Required experience of the Senior Legal PA:
• Previous secretarial experience within a law firm with, ideally with experience in a Private Client team.
• Excellent written, communication and organisational skills & attention to detail skills.
• Knowledge of InterAction.
• Experience using Structure Flow and PowerPoint or similar.
• Familiarity with producing flowcharts, family trees and diagrams.
• Document production skills are highly desirable.