Executive Assistant

Permanent
Full time
35 hours per week
£25,500 - £29,443 per annum
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham

What's in it for you:
• Opportunity to join a newly merged international team
• Develop your existing PA and administrative skills
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels

The role:
As the executive assistant to the director of public affairs you will be joining a newly merged Public Affairs directorate present in our offices in London, Cardiff and Brussels. You will be responsible for the day to day management of the director's diary, efficient dealing of emails, and coordinating travel and meetings. You will enjoy multitasking and take pride in your work, from processing purchase orders, producing reports to drafting correspondence. You will have excellent communication skills, be customer focused and professionally handle demanding situations effectively. This is an exciting role for an existing executive assistant who enjoys relationship building, challenges and has a keen interest in the legal industry.

What we're looking for:
• Strong experience in a similar role, preferably gained within the legal industry
• Methodical and meticulously detail orientated
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Strong work management skills

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Experience of working as a PA/EA to more than one senior manager or senior management team

Significant secretarial and administrative experience

Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and accuracy

Ability to work with tact, diplomacy and discretion at all times

Successful evidence of working on own initiative

Ability to work flexibly, under pressure and to respond to conflicting priorities

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - both written and oral

Experience of working with senior management

Ability to establish strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

Ability to exercise judgement in identifying issues that need to be escalated

Excellent minute-taking skills

Full knowledge of all Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Dynamics

Desirable

Ability to influence and negotiate

Experience of working in a team ethos where likelihood of covering each other's work is high

Ability to create working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

Experience of working in, or an understanding of the workings of, a membership organisation

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 17/03/2017, 09:00
The Law Society is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.