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Personal Assistant - Central Services

Posted 25 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Are you interested in joining an international legal business and providing high level PA support? Then we would love to hear from you… We are now seeking to recruit a Personal Assistant for a fixed term contract of nine to twelve months. You will provide proactive, high level support, delivering a highly professional service, working with Partners and Fee Earning teams in delivering a high quality client experience.

Main Duties:

• Proactively manage Partner/ Fee Earner diary and inbox including schedule of appointments, meetings and diary commitments

• Administration of meetings including minute taking, both internally and externally, drafting agendas, collating and distributing papers for internal and external meetings

• Process and deal with correspondence including email and telephone calls, anticipating responses and drafting correspondence

• Arrange travel and accommodation using electronic travel systems and process expense claims on behalf of Partner/Fee Earner in line with DWF Policy and Procedures

• Opening new client matters on the relevant systems

• Arrange events and book hospitality, meeting and greeting clients where appropriate and providing concierge service to clients on behalf of Partner/Fee Earner

What we are looking for:

• A good communicator with the ability to communicate at all levels and manage stakeholders effectively.

• Experience of working in a similar role (Essential)

• Highly organised with excellent administrative skills

• Able to take and produce high quality meeting minutes

• Demonstrates attention to detail and shows concern for accuracy and quality of work produced

• Motivated, self-starter with the ability to work on own initiative and ability to manage and prioritise own workload.

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and work to tight deadlines

• Experience of digital dictation systems to a competent level is desirable but not essential as training will be given.

• Demonstrable experience and working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (Essential)

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

What we can offer;

We want you to feel valued and rewarded by your time at DWF. We understand the importance of offering you a reward package that goes beyond simply salary. That’s why, when you join DWF, you’ll be given a choice. You can pick from a range of benefits, allowing you to build a package that suits your needs and lifestyle, as well as those of your family. In addition to our standard benefits (medical insurance, life insurance, pension and 25 days annual leave), we offer flexible benefits which include season ticket loans, holiday buy / sell scheme, gym memberships, health assessments, cycle to work, retail vouchers and dining cards.

If you want to build an exciting future with one of Europe's most innovative legal businesses, apply below as we're interested in hearing from you!

DWF is a global legal business, transforming legal services through our people for our clients. Like us, our clients recognise that the world is changing fast and the old rules no longer apply. That’s why we’re always finding agile ways to tackle new challenges together. But we don’t simply claim to be different. We prove it through every detail of…


DWF is a global legal business, transforming legal services through our people for our clients. Like us, our clients recognise that the world is changing fast and the old rules no longer apply. That’s why we’re always finding agile ways to tackle new challenges together. But we don’t simply claim to be different. We prove it through every detail of our work, across every level. We go beyond conventions and expectations.

We connect on a global scale, sharing our knowledge and technical expertise to identify and anticipate challenges for clients within their sectors. We work with a range of FTSE 100 multinational household names to private individuals, from both the public and private sector. Building business relationships that inspire trust and confidence across all levels of our business, means we deliver an exceptional client experience.

By questioning traditions and thinking beyond conventions, we achieve outstanding levels of innovation through our range of consultative services, technology and products that complement our legal offering. We have received recognition for our work by The Financial Times, who named us as one of Europe's most innovative legal advisers.

Join us on our shared journey to redefine legal services and you’ll benefit from the most innovative thinkers, technical experts and outstanding sector specialists, and together we will find agile ways to tackle your business challenges.

Employing over 2,800+ people across 27
locations, the firm has core strengths in corporate and banking, insurance, real estate and litigation, and in-depth industry expertise in several chosen sectors including central and local government, energy and industrials, financial services, retail, food and hospitality, technology and transport.

Our locations:

London, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
Leeds, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Brussels, Belgium
Dublin, Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cologne, Germany
Munich, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Paris, France
Singapore
Sydney, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Newcastle. Australia
Chicago, USA
Toronto, Canada
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jeddah, KSA
Riyadh, KSA
Panama, North America
Istanbul, Turkey
Milan, Italy
Doha, Qatar

Legal
London
2,000 employees