Personal Assistant

Howden; City Of London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Personal Assistant to support their Legal team. This role involves managing diaries, arranging travel, and providing administrative support. The ideal candidate should be highly organized, possess excellent communication skills, and be proficient in Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in PA/Team Assistant role.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage a wide range of tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to Heads of Legal.
• Manage diaries and travel arrangements.
• Organize internal and external meetings.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

IT Skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Howden City Of London, England, United Kingdom

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PA to support our Legal team. This is a unique opportunity to join our fast-growing and transformational business at a pivotal moment in its evolution.

This role will provide administrative support to the Heads of Legal and will range from arranging complex travel (including visas), through to events and meetings. You will thrive in this role if you are extremely organised, with excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to form relationships quickly. The role requires IT skills, including MS Office products such as PowerPoint and Excel. Additionally, you will be confident and able to take the initiative in ambiguous circumstances coupled with excellent time management skills. The ability to adapt priorities to meet deadlines and constantly changing demands are essential, as are accuracy and attention to detail.

What will you be doing?

Full inbox and diary management for, Head of Legal - M&A and Corporate, Head of Legal - Finance & Strategic Projects, and Head of Legal - Disputes and ad-hoc diary support to the Legal Leadership Team

Screens calls and e-mails, prioritising items for response and answering routine enquiries. Redirect items as appropriate

Planning, organising and supporting internal and external meetings and providing necessary documentation which includes proactively arranging agendas and notes ahead of meetings in a timely and efficient way

Acting, as required, as meeting secretary, recording and distributing notes, actions and following up as appropriate

Arranging international travel itineraries

Manage attendee lists for events and where appropriate manage execution of events

Providing project administrative support including but not limited to, formatting documents, reports and presentations

Manage invoicing process and approvals

Handling confidential information in a discreet, sensitive and diplomatic manner, ensuring security of access to such information is maintained at all times

What are we looking for?

The successful applicant will have a proven track record of delivery in a PA/Team Assistant type role

Strong interpersonal skills - enjoys interacting with people and creates a positive and professional impression

An ability to prioritise is key as is the ability to manage a broad range of tasks

The ability to demonstrate attention to detail and pride in their delivery highly valued

Ability to work effectively within a team with strong internal networking skills

A natural ability to seek out and connect with "solution providers/fixers"

A positive, can-do approach to work, and transparency in communication/sharing ideas, issues, needs, concerns

Ability to work in a fast-paced and ambiguous environments, and a proven ability to be proactive/work on own initiative

Need fully operational knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), must also have basic Excel knowledge.

Excellent time management/organisational skills and high throughput of quality work

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Administrative and Support Services

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