Junior Legal PA
Box Recruitment Solutions are recruiting on behalf of an award-winning global law firm known for its supportive culture, collaborative environment, and excellent long-term career development opportunities.
The primary objective of this role is to provide highly efficient and proactive secretarial and administrative support to a team of fee earners within the Real Estate and Construction team, ensuring the smooth operation of day-to-day activities. Supporting 5 Associates and working closely alongside 4 experienced PAs, this role is integral to enabling fee earners to focus on delivering high-quality legal services through seamless organisational and administrative assistance.
Key Responsibilities
Understand and assist with billing processes and associated financial management tasks
Engage with fee earners to support general financial housekeeping and invoicing
Manage administrative processes for fee earners, utilising appropriate internal resources
Develop an understanding of matter management processes, gradually increasing responsibility and risk management awareness
Diary management including forward planning, proactive travel and meeting arrangements, identifying scheduling conflicts and resolving where appropriate
Support fee earners with day-to-day administrative and organisational tasks
Adhere to firmwide and divisional Best Practice protocols
Ensure compliance with firm risk and compliance policies and procedures, escalating issues where appropriate
Successfully complete all mandatory firm training within required timescales
Develop skills to support fee earners with business development activities
Build strong working relationships with fee earners and wider support teams
To apply you will have:
Around 2 year’s previous administrative experience within a professional services, law, real estate or corporate business
Experience supporting senior stakeholders, managers, or fee earners is highly desirable
Someone genuinely interested in developing a career as a PA
Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage busy workloads effectively
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong grammar and punctuation Strong IT skills, particularly Word, Outlook, Excel and diary management systems
Ability to work collaboratively within a team while also managing tasks independently
Please note: law graduates are unlikely to be suitable for this particular role Training & Development
Structured 2-year development programme
Ongoing mentoring, support, and regular check-ins
Clear opportunity to develop a long-term PA career within the firm Work arrangement and what’s on offer:
First 4 months: fully office-based, and after probation, hybrid (3 days office, 2 days home)
25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays plus a holiday buy back scheme
Interest free travel loan
Private healthcare
Gym membership