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My client a leading law firm in Nottingham is looking for team assistant to join their business on a 6 month contract.
Duties include:
- Liaise with PA to provide support to Client & Marketing for scheduling tender meetings, directory interviews, client training etc.
- Liaise with PA to enter, maintain and update Interaction - adding new prospects, clients and contacts, activities and business development information.
- Responsible for ensuring current knowledge of client specific protocols and processes and building these into current practices.
- File management - updating and maintaining all files, ensuring documents are filed correctly and named in line with the business wide naming convention and the correct folder structures are adopted (both electronic and paper).
- File opening and closing - matters are set up on the relevant document/case management system. Undertake all file closing / archiving procedures ensuring we are compliant at all times.
- Assisting the PA as directed in the organisation of internal and external events, seminars and conferences, (vulture) responsible for arranging registers delegates; booking travel; printing / sending materials; arranges give-aways.
- Responsible for ordering all promotional goods and ensuring stock levels.
- Make room and taxi bookings as requested, organising hand deliveries and courier requests, and other ad hoc requests.
- Printing / copying / scanning of documents flowing to document solutions for support with high volume jobs, as appropriate.
- Liaising with fellow team member on workloads and ensure deadlines are consistently met.
- Answering internal calls for other members of the team.
- Liaison with and taking direction from your PA and PSM.
- Assisting the PA with billing as required.
- Assisting with expenses.
- Responsible for managing priorities and workloads to ensure deadlines are met. Liaising with PA and PSM where challenges arise.
- Responsible for creating and uploading information to client data rooms, in line with instructions from Lawyer and PA.
- Production of court bundles, ensuring the master bundle is correctly prepared in line with Lawyer instructions and court rules and instructions provided to document solutions to complete printing / copying of master bundles; suitable delivery methods pre-booked as needed.
- Checking client and internal data for accuracy.
- Ensuring compliance with firm wide / department policies and procedures including Lexcel and Information Security.
- Responsible for checking post and / or emails and dealing with as appropriate ensuring all client related correspondence is appropriately filed in firms document management systems.
- Attending team meetings.
- Liaising with fee earners and practice assistants to take instruction and liaise on work requirements.
- Consistently and appropriately update service users on progress where appropriate.
- Regularly offer assistance wherever possible.
The successful candidate will need to have the following skills and experience:
- Relevant office-based administration experience.
- Experience of document management / case management systems.
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- An effective communicator with the ability to liaise with internal and external clients in a professional manner; striving to provide exceptional service at all times.
- Good organisational skills and ability to manage own time effectively within a fast-paced environment.
- Conscientious, taking personal responsibility for own work and accountability for its delivery and quality.
- Positive can-do attitude with the ability to adapt to change.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Customer service focused.
- Proactive, professional, and flexible approach to work.
- Keen to develop over a period of time with a willingness and ability to learn.
Benefits include
- Salary of £23995
- Hybrid working - 2 days in the ofifce, 3 days at home
- 6 month FTC
- 35 hour working week
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