Personal Assistant

Gowling WLG International; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Sabbatical every 5 years

Parental leave schemes

Wellbeing programmes

Modern Birmingham offices with onsite餐

Training and personal development

Job summary

Gowling WLG is seeking a Personal Assistant to join the Risk and Disputes practice group in the Construction team in Birmingham. You will provide proactive administrative support, manage day-to-day workloads, and build trusted relationships to deliver exceptional service to clients.

The role requires strong organisational and communication skills, comfort with Microsoft Office, and the ability to adapt to new systems.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative support in a professional services environment.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive administrative support to the Construction team.
• Coordinate calendars, travel, meetings and client communications.
• Prepare documents, reports and correspondence for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Organisational skills

Communication

Time management

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Personal Assistant to join our Risk and Disputes practice group working within the Construction team in Birmingham.

Within this role, you will be responsible for providing proactive and high-quality administrative support, helping deliver seamless legal services to clients. You will support the effective management of day-to-day workloads, build a strong understanding of client requirements, and develop trusted relationships to ensure exceptional service and support.

About you:

We're looking for someone who is organised, proactive and takes pride in delivering a high standard of support. You'll be confident using Microsoft Office applications and comfortable picking up new systems and processes.

You’ll have excellent communication and organisational skills, strong attention to detail, and a professional but approachable manner. You’ll be able to manage competing priorities, build effective working relationships and remain calm under pressure, even when working to tight deadlines.

The successful candidate will be someone who takes ownership, uses their initiative and approaches challenges with a practical, solutions-focused mindset. You’ll be dependable, collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to quickly build trust and credibility with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.