PA - Jobwise Ltd : Job Details

A leading UK 200 listed commercial law firm based in Manchester City Centre are looking to hire a PA / Personal Assistant.This will be a fast-paced role and would suit someone with previous experience working within a Law Firm, although this is not essential.You must have a positive attitude, great organisational skills, a can-do approach, and strong inter-personal skills. Attention to detail is also a key skill to possess in this role.The position will be acting as a first point of contact for the Managing Partner of a busy and successful firm and a large part of the role will involve regularly minuting meetings, so you would need the ability to type at or above 60wpm or have accurate shorthand.

Salary will be up to £30k, depending upon experience and the role is full time with a hybrid opportunity to WFH 2 days per week, once trained.

• What will you be doing as a PA / Personal Assistant?
• Monitoring the incoming and outgoing mail for the Managing Partner's inbox
• Sending and responding to correspondence
• Full organisation of a complex, busy and dynamic schedule, ensuring it runs smoothly and efficiently
• Ensuring that the Managing Partner is equipped for meetings and events
• Regularly minuting, recording and following up on actions for meetings, Collating and submitting expenses through online banking
• Processing dictations, either in-the-moment or pre-recorded using BigHand
• Producing, drafting, and formatting a variety of legal documents, including following hand amendments, as and when required
• Direct client liaison
• Making necessary travel and accommodation arrangements
• Liaising with the operational teams, such as HR, Accounts, Marketing and Compliance
• Keep up to date with all development and legal matters the Managing Partner has fee earning involvement in Ensuring correspondence and documentation, internal and external, is stored securely and accurately
• Assisting and providing support with internal business matters.

We would LOVE to hear from you if you have the following skills and experience:

• Previous experience working as a PA, ideally within a law firm, however this is not essential
• Excellent document production skills and the ability to type at or above 60wpm or have accurate shorthand
• Strong IT skills including Word and Excel
• Confident working under pressure and often to extremely tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently, with excellent organisational skills and someone keen to use initiative

What will you get in return for your work as a PA / Personal Assistant?

• Salary of up to £30k
• Annual bonus of up to 5% paid in 2 parts, once ion May and once in December, dependent upon company profits
• Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm
• Hybrid working available with 2 days working from home per week once trained
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement of 25 days + bank holidays, with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days 4% pension
• Employee assistance programme, such as counselling services etc
• Easily accessible via public transport
• Based in the heart of Manchester City Centre

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