We have a great opportunity for an experienced PA to join
our Business Transactions team.
This is a 12 month fixed term vacancy, based out of our
Bristol office and some home working too. Working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday
to Friday.
What you'll do
The main purpose of this role is to provide a highly
professional, effective and proactive PA support to a busy team of Fee earners
of varying levels. This is a very busy
and demanding role which requires a very organised and proactive individual.
More specifically you will:
- Provide highly professional, effective and proactive PA
support to a number of fee earners, across all levels.
- Monitor and assist with management of mailboxes.
- Assist with diary management and all diary commitments for
the team, pre-empting any diary conflicts; assist with the coordination of
London Office and cross-office team meetings and agenda items; attend team
meetings.
- Play an active role in managing the billing process by
working closely with our accounts team
- Assist with file openings
- Preparing financial reports for clients
- Proactively take responsibility for travel arrangements,
conference bookings and meeting room bookings in advance
- Deal with enquiries from clients, colleagues and third
parties and provide effective transfer of information
- Develop and maintain positive internal and external client
and PA relationships
- Document comparisons, deeds scheduling and filing
- Collate and process expenses including proactive management
- Proactively identify opportunities, actively contribute and
be involved with ad-hoc projects as given by the team (and across OC)
- Provide ad hoc support for the PA team (covering for other
PA absences)
- Assist with ad hoc IT queries and liaising with IT team to
resolve these queries, particularly for new joiners
You'll be
We are looking for an experienced PA, who is able to use
their own initiative, can demonstrate first class organisational skills and be
an integral team player.
Key Skills:
- Essential to have excellent organisational skills and be
able to prioritise work
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Flexible and proactive approach
- Essential to have excellent written and verbal communication
skills
- Capable of taking initiative and developing solutions
- Essential to work with confidentiality, discretion and
diplomacy
- Ability to pay close attention to detail
- Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office 365, MS Teams, Excel,
PPT, document management systems)
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
Our recruitment process
Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.