Location: EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Client Development Assistant

Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester, Leeds, Aberdeen

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. Were naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. Well truly value your ideas. Youll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where youll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. Youll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work, working in an open and supportive environment to deliver outstanding results.  

Our people are our success, and we work as one team.  

We are recruiting a Client Development Assistant (known internally as the Sector Client Assistant) to support the Client Development Manager in managing a portfolio of client relationships across various sectors, delivering a seamless experience for priority clients and relationship teams, and supporting the execution of sector-focused client development activity.  

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders across the firm, gain exposure to strategic client programmes and contribute to the delivery of client relationship plans that support business growth.  

This role can be based out of Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester, Leeds or Aberdeen and our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm. We operate a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home working model; however, as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.  

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:  

• Experience working within a professional services legal, or a relevant adjacent industry, with exceptional administrative skills.  
• Experience supporting key account management, client development or client administration activities, including recording notes & actions from meetings.  
• Experience preparing client reporting, tracking actions and maintaining operational or pipeline management systems experience of using CRM systems such as InterAction would be highly advantageous.
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities.  
• Experience supporting bids, proposals or client development initiatives.  
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including producing reports, presentations and supporting documentation.  
• Proactive approach with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Talent Acquisition team will share the outcome with you by email.  

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy, providing the opportunity to meet members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.  

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. Its with different perspectives that well find solutions to our clients most complex challenges. Its how well deliver outstanding results today and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.  

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We are recruiting a Client Development Assistant (known internally as the Sector Client Assistant) to support the Client Development Manager in managing a portfolio of client relationships across various sectors, delivering a seamless experience for priority clients and relationship teams, and supporting the execution of sector-focused client development activity.