Junior Legal PA

Box Recruitment Solutions are recruiting on behalf of an award-winning global law firm known for its supportive culture, collaborative environment, and excellent long-term career development opportunities.
The primary objective of this role is to provide highly efficient and proactive secretarial and administrative support to a team of fee earners within the Real Estate and Construction team, ensuring the smooth operation of day-to-day activities. Supporting 5 Associates and working closely alongside 4 experienced PAs, this role is integral to enabling fee earners to focus on delivering high-quality legal services through seamless organisational and administrative assistance.
Key Responsibilities
*Understand and assist with billing processes and associated financial management tasks
*Engage with fee earners to support general financial housekeeping and invoicing
*Manage administrative processes for fee earners, utilising appropriate internal resources
*Develop an understanding of matter management processes, gradually increasing responsibility and risk management awareness
*Diary management including forward planning, proactive travel and meeting arrangements, identifying scheduling conflicts and resolving where appropriate
*Support fee earners with day-to-day administrative and organisational tasks
*Adhere to firmwide and divisional Best Practice protocols
*Ensure compliance with firm risk and compliance policies and procedures, escalating issues where appropriate
*Successfully complete all mandatory firm training within required timescales
*Develop skills to support fee earners with business development activities
*Build strong working relationships with fee earners and wider support teams

To apply you will have:
*Around 2 year’s previous administrative experience within a professional services, law, real estate or corporate business
*Experience supporting senior stakeholders, managers, or fee earners is highly desirable
*Someone genuinely interested in developing a career as a PA
*Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage busy workloads effectively
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong grammar and punctuation Strong IT skills, particularly Word, Outlook, Excel and diary management systems
*Ability to work collaboratively within a team while also managing tasks independently
*Please note: law graduates are unlikely to be suitable for this particular role
Training & Development
*Structured 2-year development programme
*Ongoing mentoring, support, and regular check-ins
*Clear opportunity to develop a long-term PA career within the firm
Work arrangement and what’s on offer:
*First 4 months: fully office-based, and after probation, hybrid (3 days office, 2 days home)
*25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays plus a holiday buy back scheme
*Interest free travel loan
*Private healthcare
*Gym membership