Are you an Admin Assistant who is looking for a new and exciting career opportunity in Exeter? Join our friendly law firm as an Administration Assistant and become an integral part of our dynamic team. With your previous admin experience, professional communication skills, and keen attention to detail, you'll play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive support to our team. This is a real opportunity to grow your admin career whilst learning from a hugely talented team. If you are looking to embark on a path which offers eventual progression and professional development, we can't wait to welcome you aboard!
This is a rapidly growing innovative team specialising in Charities & Private Wealth Disputes. You can expect plenty of opportunity to develop your skill set and to be involved in some interesting and challenging work. You will be working closely with our Lawyers providing admin support to ensure the smooth and efficient running of their workload in order to meet requirements and timescales.
If you are self-motivated, and energetic with high levels of personal organisation skills, and are looking for an admin opportunity in a corporate but very friendly business setting, then this is the role for you!
What you will do
1. Amending and collating letters with enclosures in line with set deadlines, ensuring sign off as appropriate by the appropriate Lawyer.
2. Collating and completing due diligence to comply with Anti Money Laundering Regulations.
3. File management to ensure compliance with Foot Anstey practices and procedures.
4. Managing routine client telephone enquiries, to ensure all required information and details are obtained to comply with file opening requirements.
5. Ad hoc administration duties such as filing, scanning and photocopying for the team.
What we need
6. Prior experience working within an administrative function.
7. Excellent communicator (written and verbally) and attention to detail.
8. Ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
9. Commitment to working within a quality standard environment.
10. Strong IT skills with the ability to become familiar with new systems quickly.
11. Ability to achieve tasks quickly and accurately.
12. Ability to collaborate and work effectively with other colleagues internally, both within the wider team and across all practice areas.
If you are looking for a forward-thinking firm with the ambition to succeed, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Pre-employment screening
Successful applicants will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process which includes a financial integrity check and a DBS check. If you wish to discuss any issues or questions in connection with this, please do speak in confidence with a member of the Talent Acquisition Team.
Eligibility to work in the UK
Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must be able to prove their right to work in the UK, which may include meeting the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying and keep up to date with any legal developments.
Our offer to you
In return for your efforts, you can expect considerable scope for personal as well as professional development. Tailored to match the level you’re working at, we encourage people to engage with our popular and well supported coaching and mentoring programmes which connect you to people right across the firm and at every level. We create space for mental and physical wellbeing with our weekly Lifestyle Hour, 28 days annual leave, a day off for your birthday, and a sabbatical you can take every 5 years. You can also buy holiday managing your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most. As part of this, you can make ongoing or one-off donations to our charitable foundation and access our CSR programme where you can engage with community-based initiatives (as a team, or individually) twice a year, to give something back where you feel it matters.