Operations Assistant / Assistant Office Manager

McKinlay Law; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinlay Law in Central London is seeking an Operations Assistant / Assistant Office Manager to support the Practice Manager with a range of admin and operations duties. Immediate start preferred and salary negotiable depending on experience.

The role is hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days at home) and requires a legal administration background, plus basic HR/recruitment tasks, IT liaison, insurance renewals, and inbox management. Experience in a law firm is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Legal background is essential with experience in admin in a law firm.
• Experience in HR/recruitment tasks is a plus.
• Strong inbox and calendar management.
• Ability to start immediately and work in a hybrid setting.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Practice Manager with day-to-day operations.
• Coordinate HR and recruitment activities.
• Liaise with IT provider and renew insurances.
• Manage office administration and document filing.
• Handle careers inbox and onboarding/offboarding basics.

Skills

Legal background

Administration

HR basics

IT awareness

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Job Title: Operations Assistant / Assistant Office Manager

Contract: 3 Months FTC

Location: Central London

Hybrid: 3 office / 2 home

Boutique London law firm are looking for an operations assistant / assistant office manager to assist the practice manager with a variety of administration and operations duties. You must be available to start ASAP, ideally this week.

Duties will include: basic HR and recruitment, liaising with the IT provider, renewing insurance policies, monitoring the careers inbox, basic IT including resetting the IT profiles for leavers, and general office administration.

It is essential that you have a legal background as an administrator / operations assistant / office assistant and have a good understanding of legal / law firm terminology. Salary is negotiable depending on experience, but you must be able to start immediately.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.