Your new company

You will be joining a reputable and award-winning legal firm based in the heart of Edinburgh City Centre. They are going through a period of growth and are looking to bring in a new Junior Legal PA to offer wider administrative support to the firm.

Your new role

This is an exciting opportunity to kickstart your career as a Legal PA. You'll be primarily responsible for providing high-quality and efficient secretarial support to the firm's fee-earning team. Some of the key tasks include:

• Supporting the Legal PAs with the billing process and other key financial tasks
• Building an understanding of matter management and risk management
• Diary management
• Organisation of meetings and travel
• Liaise with internal teams to build rapport and good working relationships to best support fee earners
• Offer general administrative support to several fee earners
• Complete comprehensive training, ensuring deadlines are met

What you'll need to succeed

The Junior Legal PA role offers fantastic training and development opportunities to support the development of your Legal PA career. You'll be required to take a proactive approach to problems and tasks, staying one step ahead to make the jobs of the fee earners easier. Other experience and characteristics include:

• Experience working in secretarial support/administration in a comparable environment
• Previous experience or exposure to billing would be highly advantageous
• Prior experience supporting with financial takes (expenses, invoices, POs etc.)
• General administration skills within a professional, commercial setting
• An ambitious, hardworking individual who is committed to learning new skills

What you'll get in return

• Hybrid working (3 office-based days per week)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday buy & sell opportunities
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Income Protection Policy
• Matched pension contribution of 5%
• Critical Illness Cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing subsidy of £180 per year
• One day off per year for volunteering
• Private Medical Insurance & Occupational Health
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Social events throughout the year
• Opportunity to get involved in DE&I projects and inclusion groups
• Supportive and friendly culture
• Career progression opportunities

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.