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Float Executive Assistant Mat Cover

Morgan Spencer
Posted 16 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Float Executive Assistant (Mat Cover) position offers a salary of £45,000 and is based in London with a hybrid work model.
  • The role involves providing comprehensive support in the absence of Executive Assistants, ensuring smooth operations across all practice areas of a leading law firm.
  • Candidates should have proven experience in a busy legal environment, demonstrating excellent communication skills and the ability to manage complex tasks effectively.
  • The position requires strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize workload, and a proactive approach to anticipating team needs.
  • Advanced MS Office skills and a minimum typing speed of 60 wpm are necessary for this role, which is ideal for a committed team player with a client-focused mindset.
Float Executive Assistant (Mat Cover)£45,000  London – hybrid THE COMPANY: Our client is a leading law firm, who is seeking a Float Executive Assistant (Mat Cover), who can operate successfully and provide client and business focused support, in the absences of EA’s covering all practice areas of the company.THE ROLE:
  • Act as a professional ambassador for partners, ensuring seamless service in their EA’s absence and maintaining strong client relationships internally and externally.
  • Take ownership of handovers, proactively manage appointments, meetings, and inboxes, ensuring partners are prepared and schedules run smoothly.
  • Handle complex billing and compliance matters, coordinate WIP meetings, and oversee financial processes, including tracking unpaid bills.
  • Build effective relationships with partners, liaise with Marketing & Business Development teams, and play a key role in organising events, seminars, and conferences.
  • Arrange travel logistics, attend meetings and take minutes, follow best practices to enhance department performance, and ensure continuity through thorough handovers.
THE PERSON:
  • Proven experience providing high-quality support to a busy legal team in a professional environment, ensuring seamless workflow and efficiency.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly convey information and update teams on delays. Confident in adapting to change and taking initiative to anticipate team needs.
  • Strong ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, and remain calm under pressure. Diplomatic, with good judgement and a proactive, solution-focused mindset.
  • A committed team player who fosters strong relationships across all levels and maintains a client-focused approach. Enthusiastic, resilient, and motivated to deliver excellence.
  • Advanced MS Office skills with a minimum typing speed of 60 wpm. Punctual, flexible, and responsive, ensuring tasks are completed with precision and efficiency.
Our mission: To be the leading Business Services recruitment consultancy in London, for employers and jobseekers alike. To receive regular updates of our current vacancies why not set up job alertsOur REFER and be REWARDED scheme is about recognising and thanking you for telling your friends, family or colleagues about our services and how we could help them. The rules are simple:  Refer a friend or colleague who is not already registered with Morgan Spencer. If we place them in a permanent role, we will reward you with £200 of Gift vouchers of your choice.  Remember there is no limit on the number of referrals you can make, and therefore the rewards you can claim!!!EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Morgan Spencer Recruitment is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.CONFIDENTIALITY: All applications are dealt with in strictest confidence and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998Morgan Spencer Limited, registered in England & Wales No: 4254114

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.