Reports To: Head of The Corporate Practice Purpose: To provide secretarial support to the Corporate Team Salary: Competitive (based on skills&experience) Hours: Monday – Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm (may consider flexibility with hybrid working arrangement) Flexibility: Require flexibility to start early and stay late when required Benefits: Offer a competitive range of benefits for employees (ie 25 days holiday, Private Healthcare, Pension, Life Insurance, Discretionary Bonus Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan) Key Responsibilities • Documents&Correspondence: Type documents and correspondence for Partners/Associates. • Ensuring correspondence is prepared, signed and sent out in a timely manner • Diary Management: Manage diaries in a pro-active manner ensuring the Partner/Associates are prepared for forthcoming appointments • Administration: Maintain contacts, distribution lists, scanning and filing • Matter Management: Ensure files are opened and closed correctly as well as archived on a regular basis • Billing: Liaise proactively with Partner/Associates to ensure that the firm’s billing process is adhered to. • Prepare invoices using the firm’s billing software and liaise with Partners/Associates to ensure timely delivery of invoices to clients. • Business Development Support: Assist with Team BD activities, including client events and tenders. • Other Duties: other ad-hoc duties, research and projects as requested by the Partners/Associates Skills Required • Ability to balance and prioritise a range of tasks, projects and deadlines • Administration skills– planning, organising, eye for detail, maintaining accurate records/information • People Skills – approachable, professional, engaging and calm • IT Skills – Excellent Outlook (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and our internal systems (training will be provided) • Relationships – Developing strong and professional relationships with clients, the team and colleagues across the firm • Experience of working within the legal sector or within a professional services environment Personal Qualities • A positive and proactive mindset to continually deliver high level support • Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships at all levels across the firm • Proactive, flexible and adaptable with a “can do” mindset and initiative to find solutions to problems and issues • Ability to prioritise, and comfortable working with autonomy • Good time management, adopting a flexible approach to work • A positive approach to ongoing development and implementing new ways of working • A strong team player, working flexibly to assist colleagues and unde