Personal Assistant Travelling

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Commercial Advisory
The Commercial Advisory Practice Group is a globally integrated group which advises on a wide range of matters, including commercial contracts, tech, data, IP, FS regulatory and competition, trade and foreign investment and tax law. CAPG’s ability to provide high quality technical advice and service sets it apart from its competitors. As a Legal PA within our Practice Group Support team, your role is pivotal. You’ll provide confidential, professional and proactive support to a designated group of stakeholders. Our Legal PAs handle a wide range of tasks, supporting various aspects of our business.
You’ll lead by example, fostering ongoing personal and professional development among junior colleagues and peers.
We invest in your professional development through our development plans. We offer personalised mentoring and coaching, technical training and soft skills courses to boost motivation and success in your career path.
Pro Bono, Community and Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) opportunities: Beyond your daily tasks, we encourage you to contribute to Pro Bono, Community and D&I initiatives. Make a difference by using your skills to benefit our communities.
Ambition for people, clients and communities: We are equally committed to the growth and well-being of our people, clients and the broader community.
Provide exceptional PA support to senior stakeholders, including managing calendars, organising meetings and handling confidential information.
Relationship building: Task management and risk awareness: Skilfully manage tasks with expertise, seeking ways to enhance efficiency and quality. Balance priorities and stay alert to risks, ensuring tasks are completed on time and stakeholder expectations are met.
Microsoft applications proficiency: Demonstrate intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Teams and Copilot.
Conduct regular one to one meetings with stakeholders to discuss actions, priorities, expectations and future planning. Maintain a flexible approach and adopt hybrid working to accommodate stakeholder and client needs.
Support the wider PA team, covering for team members during absences or when required to ensure continued resource.
Efficient mailbox, diary and travel management: Proactively manage mailboxes and diaries including travel coordination. Ensure necessary equipment and refreshments for both physical and virtual meetings using available technology and resources. Delegate tasks effectively across dedicated support teams such as billing, finance, team assistants, document production to meet expectations and deadlines in line with the Scope of Service.
Document management: Undertake urgent and short document work. Collaborate with the document production team for larger documents utilising our dedicated software. Financial administration and compliance: Provide financial administrative support to stakeholders, coordinating with billing and finance teams, ensuring compliance with legal, firm-wide and practice-specific policies and procedures.
Coordinate and organise events, create event material, digital working lists and communicate with attendees to ensure a seamless end to end process.
Efficient administration: Manage electronic filing, records maintenance and expenses effectively using the firm's designated software.
Create and maintain data sites for efficient collaboration. At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.
We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity & Inclusion
We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements.