Team Executive / Administrative Assistant

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group; Greater London; In loco; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible work options

Health and wellbeing benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

Ashurst Perkins Coie Group in London is seeking a Team Executive to provide administrative and document support across the firm. The role works 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, from 11am to 7pm, with a one-hour lunch, and is based in our London office.

You will assist with billing, travel arrangements, file amendments, and everyday tasks for fee earners, collaborating with Local Hub Team Leaders and Document Specialists to meet tight deadlines.

Competenze

• Strong organisational skills to plan and prioritise high-volume work.
• Clear written and spoken communication across teams.
• Detail-oriented with quality checking of documents.

Mansioni

• Making minor amendments to documents, delegating complex or lengthy documents to Document Specialists when appropriate.
• Answering calls and taking accurate messages, passing these on promptly and assisting with queries where possible.
• Arranging travel requirements through direct providers or through the online travel portal for booking of flights, accommodation, transport and itineraries.
• Assisting with the monthly billing process: printing off reports and draft or finalised bills.
• Processing and submitting expense claims and other administrative tasks (such as engagement letters, membership, learning records, business cards, labels)

Conoscenze

Strong organisational skills

Good communication skills

Methodical approach

MS Office Suite

Strumenti

MS Office Suite

Descrizione del lavoro

Description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave


• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans


• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity

The Team Executive role embraces a team working approach, collaborating with members of the Local Hub Team or Global Shared Services team as a single point of contact, in order to meet the deadline driven nature of the work and high expectations of the support. Team Executives therefore work closely with the Local Hub Team Leader or Coordinator on the completion of core tasks required by the legal practices, and will assist with or complete tasks for Document Specialists, or Practice Executives. You will also be required to support an allocation of Fee Earners within a practice group. Team Executives provide efficient and diverse administrative, organisational and document support to all practices areas within the firm. Development within the role will be supported by the Local Hub Team Leader and Operations Manager. The role holder will work 35 hours per week, to be worked Monday to Friday between the hours of 11am - 7pm, with 1 hour for lunch each day. This is a full-time, permanent role based in our London office.

Key responsibilities of the role include

• Making minor amendments to documents, delegating complex or lengthy documents to Document Specialists when appropriate.


• Answering calls and taking accurate messages, passing these on promptly and assisting with queries where possible.


• Arranging travel requirements through direct providers or through the online travel portal for booking of flights, accommodation, transport and itineraries.


• Assisting with the monthly billing process: printing off reports and draft or finalised bills.


• Processing and submitting expense claims and other administrative tasks (such as engagement letters, membership, learning records, business cards, labels)

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site Careers | Ashurst Perkins Coie

About you

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong organisational skills, able to plan and prioritise effectively in order to deliver high volume work or tasks to demanding deadlines


• Good communication skills, both written and spoken, and able to liaise across all areas within the firm.


• A methodical approach, with high levels of attention to detail, providing work that is quality checked and complete.


• A good level of technical ability in MS Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint