PA to Head of Legal
Personal Assistant to Head of Legal
Central London
£26,000-34,000 depending on experience
Client
Our client is one of the UK??s largest charities and funds research in the UK and internationally, with the aim of improving human health.
Key Objective:
To become fully involved in the work of the Legal Department. To provide personal assistance to the Head of Legal and full secretarial and administrative support to the Legal Department as required in order to achieve smooth running of the Department at all times.
Main Duties:
1 Providing administrative support to the Head of Legal, the other solicitors and the legal assistant within the Legal Department as required, including organising diaries, arranging appointments, meetings and travel, preparing correspondence and legal documents and processing invoices.
2 Assisting in the smooth running of the office at all times, including dealing with the mail and e-mail, filing, answering telephones, sending faxes, photocopying, keeping legal library up-to-date and keeping track of Continuing Professional Development points.
3 Providing audio/word processing assistance, copy typing and/or taking shorthand dictation, typing reports, notes of meetings, general correspondence etc for the Legal Department.
4 Providing full secretarial/administrative support for a second solicitor and the legal assistant within the Legal Department and as required for other members of the department.
5 Any other tasks which may reasonably be defined from time to time.
Background / Experience
PA / secretarial experience within a legal environment is a must.
Skills
- Good WP experience, including Microsoft Word.
- Audio-typing ability.
- Accuracy.
- Ability to draft own correspondence.
- Ability to draft minutes of meetings.
- Experience with spreadsheets, including Microsoft Excel.
- Good experience with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Personal Qualities
- Good communicator, will have to deal with people at all levels.
- Well presented and well-spoken.
- Methodical and organised approach to work and attention to detail are all important.
- Ability to work under pressure, with work from three legal professionals at same time.
Australasian Talent Company offers the services of an employment agency for permanent work and an employment business for temporary work.
Salary: 26000-34000 Per Annum
Contact Name: Danielle Martin
Phone: 0845 094 4875