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The Role
Provide high-level administrative and organizational support to the People, Technology & Infrastructure Director. Responsibilities include managing a complex diary, coordinating meetings, conferences, travel and multi-office schedules, screening correspondence, managing files, organizing events, handling confidential information, and serving as a trusted contact for stakeholders.
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Keep us organised. Keep us moving. Keep justice on track.
Thompsons Solicitors — the UK’s most experienced trade union law firm — is looking for an exceptional Personal Assistant to support our People, Technology & Infrastructure Director based in Belfast. If you thrive on bringing order, calm and precision to a fast‑paced environment, this is your next move.
What you’ll do
- Own a complex, ever‑changing diary — prioritising, protecting time and keeping the Director one step ahead
- Coordinate meetings, conferences, travel and multi‑office schedules with total efficiency
- Act as a trusted first point of contact for clients, colleagues and stakeholders
- Screen correspondence, flag priorities and ensure nothing falls through the gaps
- Keep the Unit running smoothly with confident administrative support, from file management to event organisation
- Handle confidential information with absolute professionalism
What you bring
- A master organiser with exceptional time‑management skills
- Self‑driven, calm under pressure and able to juggle competing demands
- Strong communication skills and natural relationship‑builder
- Solid IT capability including Microsoft Office
- Experience in a legal or professional services environment
If you’re proactive, dependable and ready to make a real impact supporting senior leadership — we want to hear from you.
Apply now and help us deliver justice with purpose.
What we offer
What we offer you...
- Contributory pension scheme
- Permanent health insurance
- Healthcare Cash Plan (MediCash)
- Life assurance
- 23 days annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)
- 5 days additional leave over Christmas
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised sports and social club
- Annual travel and parking loans
- Financial assistance for professional development
Apply today and be part of our exciting future!
About
For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.Thompsons ran:• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change. We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness. Visit www.thompsons.law or call 0800 0 224 224 Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.
Skills Required
- Exceptional time-management and organizational skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and manage competing demands
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Solid IT capability, including Microsoft Office
- Experience in a legal or professional services environment
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The Company
What We Do
Thompsons Solicitors is a prominent UK law firm established in 1921, specializing in personal injury, employment rights, and trade union law. With 18 offices across the UK, the firm exclusively represents injured or mistreated individuals and trade union members, never acting for employers or insurance companies. They are dedicated to social justice, campaigning for legal reforms, and securing compensation for clients in cases involving workplace accidents, asbestos diseases, and medical negligence.
