Job Description
Personal Assistant – LegalSalary: £34,000 per annum, plus company benefitsLocation: London, EC2V 7AWContract: Full Time, PermanentShifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am until 5:30pm with 1 hour unpaid breakWork model: HybridWilliams Lea seeks a Personal Assistant to join our team!Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea employees, nearly 7000 people worldwide, who provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.Purpose of role The role of the Personal Assistant is to provide enhanced, proactive support to fee earners to enable them to operate efficiently.The support provided needs to be a seamless legal service to clients. The Personal Assistant role is expected to use a high degree of self management and initiative and to maintain a high level of confidentiality.The Personal Assistant will act as workflow manager for other support services. This includes delegating and supervising the completion of document production, file management and copying/scanning work which are primarily undertaken by other relevant business support services.Key responsibilities Proactively managing complex diaries;Answering telephone calls in a timely fashion, taking clear and detailed message;Organising internal and external meetings;Liaising with clients via email or telephone and acting as a point of contact in keepingwith the firm’s standards for client care;Assisting fee earners in the billing and credit control process. Generating accuratebilling reports, draft bills, and accompanying letters in a timely manner;Assisting fee earners with finance tasks, namely requesting cheques, CHAPS/BACSpayments, bank transfers and paying in money received, as appropriate;Ensuring accurate and timely use of client relationship management tool to facilitatematter opening, maintenance, closure and archiving;Maintaining up to date client records on the firm’s client relationship managementtool, including client contact details, client specific requests in relation to billing andbill formats, details of other parties etc in line with the firm’s policy and processes;Co-ordinating fee earner movements and making travel arrangements;Managing the client and matter inception process ensuring files are opened in atimely manner in accordance with the firm’s policies;Managing the process of submitting partner/fee earners expenses in a timely mannerCo-ordinating the completion of document production (including digitaldictations/manuscript amendments), e-filing and file management, photocopying andscanning services, organising couriers, sending out of correspondence;Managing the production of official papers including bundles and relevant documentsDrafting documents from precedents;Liaising with fee earners and support staff based in other offices ;Actively participating in all relevant training;Demonstrating flexibility with working practices/processes in line with the businessneed, especially in times of pressure/ high workload;Assisting other members of the department, both proactively and at the request ofthe team leader and work effectively with other legal and support departments asrequiredPersonal attributesPrevious experience within a legal or professional services setting preferable;Exceptional standard of written and verbal communication;Proficient multi-tasker;Competent with the Microsoft Office suite;Team playerRewards and BenefitsWe believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time roles)Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.Life AssurancePrivate Medical InsuranceDental InsuranceHealth AssessmentsCycle-to-work schemeDiscounted gym membershipsReferral SchemeYou will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!Equality and DiversityThe Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at (we do not accept applications to this email address).