Legal Team PA

Burges Salmon are excited to be recruiting a Legal Team PA to join our Real Estate team in Bristol.

As a Legal Team PA at Burges Salmon, you will provide full PA support to lawyers throughout the firm and deliver excellent client service.  The successful candidate will oversee, manage and support lawyers on a wide range of tasks, including:

• Planning & Organisation: Liaise with lawyers to prioritise workload, monitor diaries, and ensure all necessary paperwork and information are prepared for meetings.
• Document & File Management: Manage the production, consistency, and accuracy of documents, oversee audio typing, and maintain client files.
• Business Development Support: Organise client events, conduct research on clients and new business opportunities, and assist with follow-ups and preparation of business development materials.
• Billing: Manage lawyers' expenses, assist with the billing process, and liaise with the Revenue Control team regarding outstanding bills.
• Travel: Support lawyers with diary management, travel bookings, and preparation of travel itineraries.
• Client Service: Act as the key liaison point between clients and the department, manage administrative tasks, and ensure effective mailbox management and communication.

We offer every new starter a thorough induction and excellent training on our in house legal systems (including iManage and Aderant). Knowledge of these specific systems is not essential but we do require a confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

What do we offer you?

• The opportunity to work with some of the UK's leading lawyers on interesting work.
• A collaborative and friendly environment. We respect and recognise every single one of our people for what they do.
• Support on your professional and personal development.
• A brilliant rewards package including a firm-wide bonus scheme, discounted local gym membership, free health check with BUPA and contribution to annual eye tests and cost of glasses.

What we're looking for:

• Previous experience in a PA or Secretary position
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
• Good attention to detail
• A great team player with leadership qualities

About Burges Salmon

Our six core values – Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the ‘working at Burges Salmon' section of our careers page.

We are pleased to have been named RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work At', for the fourth year in a row and one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023 (previously named ‘The Times Top 50 Employers for Women'), for the third year running. Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us Platinum certification for investment in people.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

If you have any questions regarding the role or the interview process, please contact Katarina Athanasakos (Resourcing Co-ordinator) - Katarina.athanasakos@burges-salmon.com or call on 0117 307 6517.

This advert will close as soon as we receive sufficient applications so please apply as soon as you can to be considered.

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