Partnership Assistant (Part Time, 9 month FTC)

Careerwebsite; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellbeing networks

Life assurance

Pension

Discounts

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

LCP is hiring an Insurance Consulting Partnership Assistant to support Partners and the IC team. The role involves diary management, arranging meetings, booking rooms and tech, and coordinating travel.

You will work closely with the IC PA team to ensure smooth operations and timely communications across internal and external contacts. Ideal candidates will be highly organised, proactive, and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Diary management and meeting coordination.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with strong attention to detail.
• Experience using internal CRM systems and booking tools.
• Ability to support Partners and teams with high-quality documents and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Diary management and organisation of meetings with internal/external contacts.
• Responding to invitations, resolving meeting clashes and booking rooms and tech requirements.
• Update CRM with contacts, organisations and opportunities; assist with client take-on processes.
• Arrange UK and international travel and accommodation as needed.
• Support roundtable events, manage mailing lists and RSVPs.
• Produce high-quality documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Skills

Diary management

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Organisational skills

Communication

Tools

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Teams

Job description

Current hybrid approach of at least 1 day in the office ( preferably Thursdays for the IC team day) .

Hours: 9.30am - 5.30pm . Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology.

Working alongside the other Insurance Consulting (IC) Partnership Assistants as part of a close-knit team to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to Partners and the wider team within the Insurance Consulting department (approx. 60 people).

What will you be doing?

Diary management and organisation

• Liaise with internal and external contacts to arrange meetings
• Manage relevant partner diaries by responding appropriately to invitations and proactively resolve meeting clashes
• Proactively make room bookings and organise tech requirements and catering for meetings where required

Partnership support

• Confidently use internal CRM system, adding/editing contacts and organisations, updating mailing lists and adding user connections, and updating opportunities using internal CRM system
• For new clients complete the client take-on process, including finance requirements, conflicts and compliance checks, collating all the necessary forms and information on behalf of the Partner
• Arrange UK and international travel and accommodation (where necessary) using travel booking system

IC roundtable support

• Support client roundtable events, making sure any deadlines are met
• Manage mailing lists, send invites and monitor RSVPs

Administrative duties

• Use internal booking system to proactively book rooms for internal and external meetings, looking ahead and booking in advance
• Supporting Partners and teams to produce high‑quality documents and presentations in line with LCP standards and house style, using Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Expenses - Checking claims against Expense Guidelines, completing form and submitting to Finance on behalf of Partners and Team
• Attending and participating in weekly IC team meetings and IC PA meetings, as well as quarterly wider LCP PA meetings
• Liaising with other departments as required
• Other ad hoc duties may be required to meet business needs

What key qualities are we looking for?

• A proactive, highly organised and detail-oriented individual with a positive, can-do approach
• An enthusiastic and flexible team player, willing to support a wide range of tasks (both planned and ad hoc) to ensure the team runs smoothly
• Ability to work as part of the close-knit, supportive IC PA team, where everyone is willing to pitch in
• Approaches work with professionalism and initiative, to make things easier for others
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively
• Able to multitask in a sometimes fast-paced environment, effectively prioritising work and managing competing deadlines
• Confident in working closely with Partners and team to communicate impacts, agree priorities and adjust plans as needed
• Willing and motivated to learn in house systems (e.g. CRM systems) and adhere to internal house style

What skills and experience are we looking for?

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail
• Numerate, with confidence handling figures and expenses
• Demonstrable experience and confidence in:
  • Diary management, including coordinating frequently changing Outlook calendars
  • Microsoft Office applications, including strong working knowledge of Teams, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Undertaking a broad range of administrative tasks, supporting the smooth running of the team and enabling others to focus on their core responsibilities

What's in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women's networks

For your family:

• Life assurance, income protection, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• High street discounts

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - [email protected] to discuss how we can support you with your application.