Legal PA Corporate & Banking

Position: Legal PA Corporate & Banking
Location: Leicester Forest East

Our cliient has an exciting opportunity for a PA to join their Corporate & Banking Team.

Job Purpose

This role works closely with Fee Earners and Partners in the Corporate & Banking team to provide administrative support to enhance their effectiveness in a way that is positive, efficient and pro-actively anticipates the support that team members require.

This role should support them to make the best use of their time by dealing with all secretarial and administrative tasks on their behalf.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Type, compile and produce reports, presentations and correspondence for the supervising Partner

• Undertake projects or tasks on behalf of the team, using initiative and organisational skills to complete with limited supervision

• Take minutes at meetings as required, track actions, follow up with attendees

• Diary management; setting up events and meetings

• Undertake a range of complex technical administrative duties for the team or the firm

• Collate and file expenses and mileage claims for the team

• Update the team regularly on important tasks and deadlines

• Liaise with clients to screen phone calls, enquiries and requests and handle them when appropriate

• Undertake printing and scanning as well as administrative support for the team

• Work alongside the BD team identifying, planning and arranging business development activities and events

• Undertake any other duties as required including assisting with conducting a review and maintaining fee earner inboxes (if applicable) and identifying the most urgent items that would need to be actioned

Technical Competencies

• Outstanding organisational and time management skills

• A positive person who takes the initiative

• High computer literacy and proficient with MS Office with the ability to support others

• High levels of accuracy

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Tact and diplomacy

• Discretion and trustworthiness

• An ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

• An innovator with the ability to use creativity and initiative

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so