Executive Assistant

Your new company


You will be joining a prestigious legal firm located in Edinburgh City Centre. They specialise in providing leading legal services to high-worth individuals and are looking to grow their secretarial team with an exciting new Executive Assistant position.


Your new role


You'll be responsible for providing high-quality administrative and secretarial services to one of the firm's partners, undertaking tasks such as:

• Complex diary and mailbox management, ensuring there are no diary conflicts and the needs of the partner are anticipated.
• Making travel arrangements and organising logistics, itineraries etc.
• Copy and audio dictation.
• Being the main point of contact for internal and external queries.
• Minute taking.
• Online document and record management
• General office and client administration.

What you'll need to succeed


This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrator to take the next step in their career, or an executive assistant to move into the buoyant legal sector. A successful candidate will have the following:

• Previous Executive Assistant or Senior Administration experience within the legal sector or professional services.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• The ability to work discretely and keep information confidential.
• Professionalism with great communication skills.
• A proactive approach to tasks and use your initiative to solve problems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

What you'll get in return


In return for your dedication and hard work, you will receive the following:

• Competitive salary - up to 38,000 depending on experience.
• Company pension scheme.
• Group life assurance policy.
• Group income protection (after 1 year of service).
• Fund training (subject to agreements)
• Employee assistance programme.
• Career development opportunities and growth within the secretarial services function.

What you need to do now


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