Personal Assistant

Job Role

The job is predominantly carrying out the below key responsibilities for a lawyer with a disability. This role will be working in partnership and in collaboration to ensure tasks are completed as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the creation of presentation notes and slides, research papers, client advice and emails, articles for publication, attendance notes and any other written media where technology cannot facilitate
• Creating and formatting data analysis tables and charts
• Taking notes at meetings or during phone calls
• Extensive reading aloud of on-screen content/material
• Accompanying principal to internal and external meetings or delivering documents to colleagues where necessary
• Filing electronic and hard copy documents and emails
• Assisting with general accessibility and mobility tasks in the office.
• Other ad hoc tasks

Teamwork

• Attend training courses as required
• Attend secretarial meetings as required to keep up to date with firmwide procedures, current issues and add value to the secretarial practice
• Contribute to the team being proactive and helpful to colleagues and other fee earners by providing assistance during busy periods and covering for other fee earners in colleague’s absence
• Effectively manage and prioritise work

Skills

• Strong PA skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Extensive organisational skills and attention to detail
• Able to manage pressure and conflicting demands on time
• A committed team player
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• Commercially aware
• Empathetic and patient

Office Skills

• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and Excel)
• Typing speed of at least 60 wpm
• Knowledge of iManage and 3E (desirable)

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