We have a great opportunity for an experienced PA to join our Business Transactions team. This is a 12 month fixed term contract position based out of our London office with some home working too.

About us

Osborne Clarke is a future-focused international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 25 offices around the world*. Our three-dimensional approach to client service combines legal expertise, in-depth understanding of our clients and the sectors they operate in, together with insight into the global issues that are transforming the landscape of how we live, work and do business: Decarbonisation, Digitalisation and Urban Dynamics. Looking around corners to help our clients solve legal and business challenges, big and small, and harness the opportunities of change - together we'll be ready for what's next.

What you'll do

The main purpose of this role is to provide a highly professional, effective and proactive PA support to a busy team of Fee earners of varying levels. This is a very busy and demanding role which requires a very organised and proactive individual. More specifically you will:

• Provide highly professional, effective and proactive PA support to a number of fee earners, including a Senior Partner.
• Monitor and assist with management of mailboxes.
• Assist with diary management and all diary commitments for the team, pre-empting any diary conflicts.
• Play an active role in managing the billing process by working closely with our accounts team
• Preparing financial reports for clients
• Proactively take responsibility for travel arrangements, conference bookings and meeting room bookings in advance
• Deal with enquiries from clients, colleagues and third parties and provide effective transfer of information
• Develop and maintain positive internal and external client and PA relationships
• Document comparisons, deeds scheduling and filing
• Collate and process expenses including proactive management
• Proactively identify opportunities, actively contribute and be involved with ad-hoc projects as given by the team (and across OC)
• Provide ad hoc support for the PA team (covering for other PA absences)
• Assist with ad hoc IT queries and liaising with IT team to resolve these queries, particularly for new joiners

You'll be

We are looking for an experienced PA, who is able to use their own initiative, can demonstrate first class organisational skills and be an integral team player.

Key Skills:

• Essential to have excellent organisational skills and be able to prioritise work
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Flexible and proactive approach
• Essential to have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capable of taking initiative and developing solutions
• Essential to work with confidentiality, discretion and diplomacy
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office 365, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, document management systems)

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits

For more information or to apply

We would very much welcome your application using the link provided. Should you have any questions about the role, or would like to find out more about the firm, please contact Tim Jenkins at tim.jenkins@osborneclarke.com

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

Being an inclusive employer is important to us and we are committed to ensuring every applicant's recruitment experience is free from unnecessary barriers. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. We want you to be able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application, interview process or when working with us, please let us know.

We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.

Although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm