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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is searching for an exceptional Personal Assistant ( PA ) / Secretary to play a key role within the team in our Corporate Department. Working with a great team of people, this is an unrivalled opportunity to be involved in many exciting and high profile projects with one of the world’s leading law firms.

As a Corporate Personal Assistant ( PA ) / Secretary you will provide secretarial support and professional legal administrative support to a number of fee earners, enabling them to be more productive with their time, and ensuring that workflow is manage effectively.

Your central role within the team will be rewarded with a great benefits package, competitive salary, and fantastic career progression opportunities.

As a Corporate Personal Assistant ( PA ) / Secretary your main responsibilities will involve:

• Maintaining a good knowledge of clients and current deals, carrying out basic client liaison duties
• Proactively supporting fee earners’ Knowledge Management & Business Development responsibilities
• Assisting with administrative support for business development (production of pitches, client presentations, etc) and client events
• Managing incoming correspondence (including typing, fee earners’ email and voicemail), proactively managing fee earners’ diaries, making appointments, arranging meeting rooms and organising travel arrangements
• Communicating on a daily basis with all of their fee earners, ensuring a high level of awareness of current priorities, whereabouts and service requirements

As a Corporate Personal Assistant ( PA ) / Secretary your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• 5 GCSEs (A-C), including Maths and English, and some A Levels (or equivalent), or equivalent experience
• Good secretarial skills, a formal secretarial qualification, and administrative support experience
• Excellent IT Skills, and familiarity with relevant specialist packages, such as Draftspace and Frontpage
• Fast, accurate audio and copy typing (60 wpm)
• Able to produce and manipulate high quality Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents
• Willingness to broaden experience and develop skills further
• Desirable: sound knowledge of the legal environment, or other professional services environments

What we will be looking for in you:

As an experienced Personal Assistant ( PA ) / Secretary you will have good organisational skills and attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. Your ability to work as part of a team, with a flexible and proactive approach, and remain positive and professional under pressure, will be vital assists in your new role.

We are an equal opportunities employer and consider job applicants on their merits. Therefore we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background. For more detail see the Careers Page on www.freshfields.com.

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