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Our clients are an international law firm and are looking to recruit an Office Assistant for their city office.
The Role:
To provide wide ranging general support services to professional, secretarial and support staff in the London office. Demonstrating a high level of customer care and fulfilment to all reasonable requests. To provide back-up assistance to the Conference Services Assistant and Reception Staff. A knowledgeable all-rounder is required to work within our busy General Office Department, to provide an efficient multitask service to the firm.
Key Responsibilities:
- Sorting and delivering of the daily post around the office
- Printing and Binding of documents.
- Dealing with incoming and out-going deliveries, including preparation/packaging
- Booking couriers and monitoring the service delivery
- Ensure the General Office Department and all associated rooms are maintained in a neat and tidy condition at all times
- Daily morning and afternoon check of all printers and multi-functional devices, ensuring glass is cleaned and running a test print
- Daily check of all photocopying and binding supplies, stationery, general office consumables and restocking as required and keeping relevant areas tidy. Placing orders when necessary
- Liaising with external contractors on relevant matters arising
- Daily check of lighting in the office
- Replacing toner / staples for printers and multi-functional devices as required
- Photocopying and binding of all documents ensuring a speedy service at all times
- First-line fix for printer and copier jams. Escalate by calling external engineers where required and maintain relevant call-out logs
- Assisting with the maintenance of all binding and general office equipment and calling external engineers where appropriate
- Monitoring recycling and confidential bins
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- Manual handling assistance as required, particularly boxes, re-organisation of file rooms or movement of furniture
- Assisting with small office moves
- General errands out of the office i.e. obtaining visas and passports from embassies; purchasing small office supplies
Essential Skills:
- Previous experience of working in an office withingeneral office and print room within a professional services firm
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Accuracy
- Ability to use own initiative and to offer ideas/suggestions
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Essential Qualities:
- Team player
- Professional attitude in all dealings and communication
- Smart appearance and image
- Intelligent, committed and enthusiastic
- Genuine interest in working in a law firm
- A "can-do" attitude
- Excellent attention to detail
- Pride in quality of work, taking responsibility for getting the job done
- Sense of humour
Hours of Work:
In office role - 09:30 to 18:00 Monday to Friday.
Stunning offices overlooking the city.
