Executive Assistant (General Counsel)
• Develop your existing PA and administrative skills
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Enjoy a varied role within an organisation that values its members and employees
The role:
The focus of the Law Society is on representing, promoting and supporting its members. We are looking for a proactive executive assistant to provide exceptional support to our General Counsel. You will primarily be responsible for diary management, coordinating meetings, the administration of purchase orders as well as drafting correspondence and processing expense claims. You will enjoy multitasking, have excellent communication skills and be able to build rapport easily with internal and external stakeholders as you will liaise across other departments and support the wider general counsel directorate when necessary.
What we're looking for:
• Significant PA/EA and administrative experience (preferably 5 years +)
• Highly organised, proactive and able to use your initiative
• Strong IT skills
Desirable
• Experience of working within the legal sector
Essential
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 others 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
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.
This opportunity is closed to applicants.