Job Title: Assistant to Executive Board
Location: Northenden, Manchester
Salary: £20,000 to £25,000 dependent on experience.
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Express Solicitors is a top 200 Law firm that specialises in all areas of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence. We pride ourselves in the work we do helping injured people.
We are Law Society accredited and are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Six of our Partners are members of the Law Society Specialist Personal Injury Panel.
Our employees are our most important asset and have been instrumental in helping us recover millions of pounds each year for injured people. No doubt at Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
The role:
Express Solicitors is currently seeking a dynamic Assistant to support the Executive Board. The role requires a proactive, resilient and dynamic character who will take ownership of tasks and see them through to completion.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gate-keeping, handling all correspondence and providing administrative support
- Audio typing – primarily using our digital dictation system. Full training will be provided but experience and typing speed on +60 wpm an advantage
- Sending emails, memos and letters
- Other administration tasks such as filing, faxing and photocopying
- Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments
- Managing elements of the Boards’ personal lives, including booking car MOTs
- Ensuring that the executive board members time is maximised by working in effective partnership
- This is not an exhaustive list, as the role really needs someone who it happy to get stuck into a variety of different tasks.
The Candidate:
Essential
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Effective communicator within a professional setting
- Excellent IT Skills to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Proactive and able to work under own initiative
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise
- Ability to work under pressure
- Proven administrative skills
- A flexible and adaptable approach to work
- Tact and discretion, for dealing with confidential information
Desired
- Previous experience of Big Hand digital dictation
- Experience of using the Proclaim case management system
- Previous legal secretarial experience is welcomed by not essential
- Strong academics is an advantage.
Benefits:
- Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday but we are happy to consider alternative arrangements and reduced hours, please tell us upon application what you are looking for.
- 23 days holiday, rising 1 day per year to a max of 26 days, plus bank/public hols. Please note, the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and 3 holidays are reserved for this period.
- 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
- Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
- Death in Service – 2 x salary based on annual salary only – eligibility commences when you join the company
- Active social committee, firm pays for trips to e.g. Bowling, Chester Races, Christmas party, Summer Barbecue
- Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
- Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
- Usual ancillary benefits including Employee Assistance Programme etc.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Administrator, Office Assistant, Accounts Assistant, General Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Office Support, Personal Assistant, will also be considered for this role.
