PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The primary objective of this role is to provide highly efficient and proactive secretarial support to a team of fee earners, ensuring the smooth operation of day-to-day activities The role is integral to enabling fee earners to focus on delivering high-quality legal services by ensuring they are supported with seamless organisational and administrative assistance.

DUTIES

   Understands and assists with the billing process and associated financial management tasks
   Engages with fee earners to support with general financial housekeeping
   Manages fee earners administrative processes, utilising appropriate resources
   Develops understanding of matter management processes, gradually increasing level of responsibility and risk management awareness
   Diary management including forward planning, proactive travel and meeting arrangements, identifying meeting clashes and resolving where appropriate
   Adheres to firmwide and divisional Best Practice protocols
   Adheres to the firm's risk and compliance policies and procedures and raises any issues or queries promptly with the relevant Partner and / or Risk and Compliance
   Successfully completes, on time, all compulsory firm training
   Develops skillset in order to support fee earners with their business development activity
   Builds rapport and develops effective working relationships with fee earner teams.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

   Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with appropriate and effective use of grammar and punctuation
   Willingness to work flexibly to meet client needs
   High degree of competence in the use of Microsoft Office suite
   Proven experience of exceptional client service
   Detail focussed and experience of working in a fast-paced office environment
   Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as a member of a team, as well as being able to work independently 
   Commitment to exceeding expectations and goals

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment.  Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
 
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?