Executive Assistant

Mills & Reeve LLP; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Wide range of benefits

Job summary

Mills & Reeve LLP in Cambridge is seeking a proactive Executive Assistant to provide comprehensive support to our lawyers within the Executive Support Services team. You will be a natural organiser, comfortable with multi-tasking and collaborating across the business.

The role includes diaries, travel arrangements, expenses, client service, business development, and assisting with finance and billing. You will draft correspondence, manage client spreadsheets, and ensure smooth workflow and high

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional services environment, ideally supporting lawyers or similar professionals.
• A natural organiser, confident in managing multiple priorities and delegating tasks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to build sustainable relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Resilience, proactive, and willing to take on new responsibilities and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Executive Assistant services to lawyers and professionals; manage diaries, meetings, travel, events, and expenses.
• Support business development activities, including networking and updating client communications.
• Provide exceptional client service and proactively progressing tasks.
• Assist with finance and billing, including preparing invoices and liaising with finance teams.
• Coordinate workflow, delegate tasks, and communicate effectively; draft correspondence, amend legal documents, and manage client spreadsheets.

Skills

Professional services experience

Multitasking

Written and verbal communication

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Resilience

Job description

Join our Corporate and Commercial team as an Executive Assistant in the Cambridge office!

Join Mills & Reeve as an Executive Assistant

An exciting opportunity to join our Mills & Reeve Executive Support Services team. We are looking for a proactive and skilled Executive Assistant to provide comprehensive support to our lawyers. You will be a natural organiser, easy to work with and someone who thrives in a role that requires multi-tasking and working with a variety of people across the business.

Theactivities

Will include avariety of client service, business development, diary management, finance, billing and managing workflow.

• Deliver outstanding Executive Assistant services to lawyers and businessprofessionals;
• manage diaries, meetings, travel arrangements, event planning and expenses;
• support business development activities, including networking and updating client communications;
• provide exceptional client service and proactively progressing tasks;
• assist with finance and billing, including preparing invoices, and liaising with finance teams;
• coordinate workflow, delegate tasks, and communicate effectively; and
• draft correspondence, amend legal documents, and manage client spreadsheets.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in a professional services environment, ideally supporting lawyers or similar professionals;
• a natural organiser, confident in managing multiple priorities and delegating tasks;
• excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• strong attention to detail and ability to build sustainable relationships with colleagues and clients; and
• resilience, proactive, and willing to take on new responsibilities and challenges.

The benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

Use of AI during the recruitment process

Technology is changing rapidly and we are all increasingly using AI software in our day to day lives, as well as using it to support our learning and professional development.

Here at Mills & Reeve, we embrace the use of technology and AI and we recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support their applications. As a regulated industry, we expect candidates to use such tools responsibly, honestly and in a manner that allows us to make a fair and accurate assessment of their individual skills, experience and suitability for the role.

The firm

At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieve more together. It's a state of mind in every client relationship we start and every choice we make. And it's what clients consistently say distinguishes us from your average law firm.

You can expect a close and attentive working relationship with a team that's responsive when you need them. You'll receive advice tailored to your individual needs. Wherever in the world you or your business needs support, we'll draw on our network to give recommendations.

We're driven by our values – we're ambitious, we're open, we care and we collaborate. We embrace new ideas, communicate honestly and are easy to work with. We're committed to you, our planet, our communities and each other.

We've been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list as one of the best big organisations, and we've recently been reaccredited Platinum Investors in People status – a standard achieved by only 8% of assessed organisations.

and finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.