Legal PA - Property

Norton Rose LLP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Bevan Brittan, a leading commercial law firm, is seeking an experienced Personal Assistant to support their Property team in Bristol. This role offers dynamic responsibilities including diary management, client care, and administrative tasks, and promotes a hybrid working model for flexibility. The firm is committed to professional development and valuing its team's wellbeing.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus options to buy more

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a legal Property team is desirable.
• Able to work under deadlines and prioritize workload.
• Flexible and supportive team player.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to lawyers in the Property team.
• Manage diaries and arrange meetings.
• Assist with billing and credit control.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Proactivity

Education

Experience as a Personal Assistant

Tools

Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Bevan Brittan is a leadingcommercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing,local government, and health and social care, we are specialists inthe construction, energy and resource management, higher educationand financial services sectors.

Supported by our valued businessservices professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teamsprovide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate,property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercialand clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.

As a responsible business, weembrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible andResults. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence thedecisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, theymotivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and thecommunities that we're part of.

Consistently recognised as one ofThe Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legaldirectories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2023/24financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for aneleventh consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continueinvesting in our people.

Looking to the future, we'retargeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for thebest people to be part of it.

Join a team of experts andprogressive thinkers

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Personal Assistantto join a leading national law firm. In this role, you will provideadministrative support to our lawyers in our Property team. This roleis based in our Bristol office, with hybrid working.

The role

• Be involved in all aspects of the day to day activities for ourlawyers in the Property team
• Play a key role in the care of our clients
• Diary management
• Take internal and external telephone queries
• Monitor incoming post and emails
• Arrange meetings, book conference rooms, organise refreshments andliaise with internal and external attendees
• Assist with the billing and credit control process
• Organise travel arrangements including booking transport, hotels etc.
• Arrange and carry out administrative support such as photocopying,printing, sending letters, organising couriers and data entry
• Arrange general and electronic filing and record keeping
• Support marketing activities such as pitch and presentation preparation
• Liaise with Business Development and Marketing colleagues onarrangements for events and producing marketing material
• Please note that this role does not involve dictation/typing

What we are looking for from you

• Previous experience as a Personal Assistant, ideally within aLegal Property team
• A working knowledge of Word, Outlook and Excel
• An organised individual who is able to work to deadlines andprioritise own workload effectively
• Enthusiastic, pro-active and flexible
• Willing to contribute and support others as part of a team
• Confident verbal and written communication skills

Work with approachable people

When we ask colleagues what makesBevan Brittan a great place to work, the most popular thing they sayis "the people". The overwhelming consensus is that wemake time for each other. We welcome questions and support eachother. Naturally, we look for new colleagues who align with ourvalues.

Supported to be your best

We operate a hybrid working model based onthe needs of our clients, teams and people. Our core business hoursare 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday, but we're open to our peopleworking more flexibly around those times and welcome a conversationwith you if you have any questions about this. We try to offer you the flexibility towork your week in a way that suits you.

Learning, Development & Progression

We're committed to supporting yourprofessional and personal development needs.This means that we offera range of tailored training courses and you will have lots ofopportunity to learn from those around you. We actively encourageprogression and this is reflected in our annual review and promotionprocesses. You will be supported by your line manager to achieveyour full potential.

As a Bevan Brittan employee, you'll haveaccess to a variety of services that support your wellbeing. We'vepledged our commitment to The Mindful Business Charter and lots ofour people contribute to our Wellbeing Responsible Business strand,which organises an annual calendar of wellbeing events and initiatives.

• A minimum of 25 days holiday(plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical insurancethrough Vitality
• Biennial private healthassessment through Nuffield Health
• Life assurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Embracing our differences andvaluing inclusion

Our shared aim is that everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable being themselves atBevan Brittan. To support this, we actively value and promoteequality, diversity and inclusion in everything that we do. You'll beempowered and supported through our employee led networks, diversecolleagues, and a broad range of firmwide initiatives.

Recognising the unique contributions thata diverse workforce can bring to our business, we encourageapplications from people of all backgrounds. We take great pride inbeing a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any adjustmentsthroughout the recruitment process or have any questions, please getin touch with our recruitment team by emailing [e-mail]

Acting responsibly, now and forthe future

To us, being a responsible business issecond nature; a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity. Our colleagues are heavily involved inshaping and delivering activity across the four pillars of our ResponsibleBusiness strategy : Community Engagement; EnvironmentalSustainability; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; and Wellbeing.

Our people deliver pro bono legal work forcharities and not-for-profit organisations. We play an active rolein our local communities and donated £100,000 across our fourregional office charities last year. We are also proudly carbonneutral. We've achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now accreditationand our environmental sustainability plan focuses on achieving ournet zero carbon target by 2040.

Collectively, the four pillars ensure welook after our colleagues' wellbeing; offer an environment in whicheveryone can progress on merit, give something back to thecommunities in which we work; and protect the environment.