PA - Legal

PA - Legal
Edinburgh City Centre based | fully office-based role
Full time hours | 9:00am to 5:00pm | Monday to Friday
Fixed-Term Contract role for 6 months | potential to be extended
Salary fully negotiable depending on experience

Search Consultancy are delighted to be working with a leading Law firm based in Edinburgh City Centre to recruit this role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive PA & Administration support to the Partners, Fee Earners & wider team within the firm's Property division.

This is an initial 6 month contract with strong potential for the role to be extended beyond this.

Duties involved in this role will include:
* Carrying out extensive accurate typing & document production from digital dictation
* Completion of a variety of property documentation in accordance with instructions using company templates
* Ensuring correspondence & documentation are uploaded to the iManage system
* Working with PDF documents including document creation & using DocuSign
* Dealing with incoming calls, emails and correspondence - forwarding on when required
* Carrying out general administrative duties including mail distribution, scanning, printing & archiving of files & documents
* Providing support for meetings including arranging catering and IT assistance as well as booking travel and accommodation
* Onboarding of new clients to the firm & dealing with new matters including carrying out AML & conflict checks & sending letters of engagement
* Assisting with producing accurate invoices & financial reports for clients
* Processing & reconciling expenses and credit card statements
* Liaising with the Head of Legal Support to assist with the allocation of work across the teams and wider PA team

In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:
* Previous experience as a PA or Senior Administrator carrying out duties in line with the above - this experience is ESSENTIAL and experience from within Law would very much be preferred
* Candidates with specific Property support experience from within Residential, Commercial or Rural would be preferred for this role, but this is not essential
* Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail - with the ability to prioritise a very busy workload & pivot your focus when needed
* First class IT and typing skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and preferably experience of using digital dictation & document management software
* First class communication skills - both written & verbal

If this is the role for you, apply now!

Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age