Personal Assistant

Personal Assistant
Job title: Personal Assistant, Employment & Education Sectors

Salary: £28,000 per annum
Location: Birmingham
Contract: Full Time, Permanent. Hybrid after successful probation.
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am-5:30pm with 1 hour unpaid break

Williams Lea seeks a Personal Assistant to join our team in a leading law firm!

Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms.

Built on a strong heritage, great client relationships and a talented team,

Williams Lea is the trusted global outsourcing provider to clients in highly regulated environments.

Williams Lea serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 7,000 employees worldwide.

Purpose of role

This role is to provide enhanced, on-site proactive support to a varied team of solicitors enabling them to operate efficiently. The support provided needs to be seamless and of a high standard. The individual is expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative and can 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 the PA at the Birmingham office but can be delegated to other relevant business support services.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively managing complex diaries for both partners and fee earners

• Answering telephone calls in a timely fashion, taking clear and detailed messages

• Organising internal and external meetings, greeting visitors and arranging client refreshments

• Assisting fee earners in the billing and credit control process. Generating accurate billing reports, draft bills, and accompanying letters in a timely manner

• Assisting fee earners with finance tasks, namely requesting cheques, CHAPS/BACS payments, bank transfers and paying in money received, as appropriate

• Maintaining up to date client records on the firm’s client relationship management tool, including client contact details, client specific requests in relation to billing and bill 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 a timely manner in accordance with the firm’s policies

• Managing the process of submitting partner/fee earners expenses in a timely manner

• Co-ordinating the completion of document production (including digital dictations/manuscript amendments), e-filing and file management, photocopying and scanning services, organising couriers, sending out of letters/faxes etc

• Undertaking any departmental specific tasks (e.g. working with Bundledocs, Land Registry portal, Searchflow etc)

• Adhering to and participating in the AML processes as per the firm’s protocol

• Demonstrating flexibility with working practices/processes in line with the business need, especially in times of pressure/ high workload

• Assisting other members of the department, both proactively and at the request of the team leader and work effectively with other legal and support departments as required

Personal attributes

• Exceptional standard of written and verbal communication

• Proficient multi-tasker

• Competent with the Microsoft Office suite

• Team player

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Solutions focused

• Have a high level of confidentiality and integrity

• Exceptional attention to detail

REWARDS & BENEFITS
We 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

• 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 Assurance

• Private Medical Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Health Assessments

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Gym memberships

• Referral Scheme

You 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 & DIVERSITY
The 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 [email protected].