Legal Executive Assistant - Personal and Family / Private Client

Are you looking for a new exciting Legal EA role. Our well respected Legal client is looking for an experienced EA to join their busy Personal and Family/Private Client team in their Edinburgh office.

What you’ll do

• Diary management 
• Responsible for taking new client queries
• E-mail management 
• Scan mail save to the document management system (‘DMS’) 
• Responsible for ensuring all BigHand and non-BigHand work is complete within required timescales for lawyers and paralegals
• Responsible for drafting letters of engagement
• Organises expense claim forms and collate necessary receipts
• Pay invoices
• Assist with billing, attend team/billing meetings, prepare bill and narratives for lawyers to sign off on and send to appropriate biller for finalising
• Assist with case management
• Undertaking some specialist duties e.g., finance, marketing/business development
• Implementing standardised system in respect of saving documents saved to DMS
• File documents both electronically and in hard copy
• Organising all aspects of travel 
• Minute taking where appropriate
• If required type and amend all client correspondence and legal documents (often confidential) to a high standard 
• If required responsible for typing up any PowerPoint presentations as and when required 
• Liaise with legal document specialist to ensure the completion of all BigHand dictation and documents within the required timescales assisting where necessary
• Provide assistance to other executive assistants in the Personal and Family team as required and under the direction of the secretarial engagement manager
• Undertake some specialist duties e.g. finance, marketing/business development projects

What you’ll need

• Experience of working within a busy Personal and Family team
• Able to work under pressure, often with tight deadlines 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Be flexible regarding working hours 
• Be commercial and profit focussed

What you’ll receive

• Competitive salary
• Life Assurance
• Discretionary bonus
• Pension scheme
• Income Protection
• Electric car salary sacrifice
• Smart working policy
• Enhanced Family Leave

What’s next?

Contact Susan for more info or apply via the link below.

Equal Opportunities

Cross Resourcing is committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.