Employment Personal Assistant (PA) 12 Month FTC

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Closing date: 13/12/2024
Term: Contract
Duration: 1 year
Working hours: Full-time (Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 5:30pm and as required, flexible applications considered)
Reports to: PA Team Leader/TeamManager
Department: Secretarial Services
The firm

Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm based in Central London. We support individuals and businesses in resolving conflict, safeguarding their futures and maximising opportunities. Our wide range of expertise means that we can provide support for our clients in all areas of their business and private life. Many of our lawyers are leaders in their field and our practice areas are highly ranked by the legal directories.

The department

Our lawyers specialise in complex employment and partnership matters with high stakes. We explain the legal implications of employment and partnership issues clearly and concisely. Drawing on many years of experience, and our commercial and strategic expertise, we help our clients to resolve sensitive disputes creatively, and deliver results in line with their commercial or personal objectives.

Purpose of job

The Legal PA is an integral part of fee earning teams; providing a high level of professional support to Partners and Fee Earners. The Legal PA is expected to take on complex tasks, support projects and provide departmental PA support; playing a critical role in managing daily administration for their stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Personal Assistant Day-To-Day Duties:

  • Coordination of tasks with effective delegation to DPS, AA and other support teams as appropriate; ensuring completed tasks are checked for accuracy, demonstrating attention to detail, and ready to return to the fee earner by given deadlines
  • Proactive diary management; looking ahead at fee earner diaries to remind them of diary commitments, taking responsibility for ensuring that they have all supporting paperwork and information for each meeting or appointment
  • Arranging internal and external meetings and conference calls, ensuring the smooth running of such meetings and making the appropriate arrangements (e.g. room setup ordering refreshments etc.) and liaising with other support departments as required
  • All elements of travel management; booking and arranging travel, preparing detailed itineraries, researching options to ensure the most cost-effective choice
  • Professional client liaison, being a first point of contact by telephone and email; taking messages, passing on information and dealing with queries as appropriate in a timely manner
  • Efficient mailbox management for fee earners
  • Identifying potential issues and coming up with solutions; knowing when to escalate any concerns to Team Leaders or the PA Manager so that a resolution can be found in a timely manner.

Personal Assistant File/Matter Duties:

  • Assisting with new business enquiries, following departmental processes
  • Assisting with file opening by carrying out conflict checks under supervision and as directed; assisting with the preparation of all relevant documentation
  • Monitoring new matters to ensure all of the necessary information and documents have been received (e.g. engagement letters/instruction forms/monies on account/money laundering documentation and other compliance documents), informing fee earners when documents are not received and assisting as required
  • All elements of document management on the firm’s CMS
  • Liaising with the AA team regarding file closures and archiving.

Finance and Billing Duties:

  • All elements of billing and financial management in accordance with practice area and firm procedures
  • Processing expenses, requesting and processing disbursements from external parties
  • Preparing electronic bank transfers
  • Assistance with client balances
  • Assistance with time recording.

Business Support Duties:

Liaising as needed with business support services across the firm, to include: BD & Marketing, Finance, People & Culture, IT, Legal & Commercial Operations

Additional information

Every effort has been made to ensure that this is a full description of the tasks and responsibilities of this role. However, it is not an exhaustive list. The job description may be changed or developed at any time to reflect changes as required. However, changes will not be made without full consultation with the postholder.

Equal opportunities

Kingsley Napley are committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and religion.