Senior Executive Assistant

5 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Cross Resourcing Full time

Are you looking for a step up from your current EA role. Our exciting Law firm client in Edinburgh is looking for an experienced EA to join their busy Secretarial T eam as a Senior EA to support the workload management

**What you’ll do**
- First point of contact for day-to-day workloads of the secretarial team via central in-box
- Develop, manage and maintain solid working relationships with the legal and secretarial teams
- Support the secretarial team with tasks that require more experience and initiative to complete
- Allocate new start solicitors and secretarial support to the assigned legal team via the BigHand server updating the Secretarial Manager
- Allocate Trainee Solicitors to their EA in line with their allocated Line Manager
- Act as an active participant in our annual appraisal process
- Identify opportunities for secretarial development, taking responsibility for arranging meetings where knowledge can be shared
- Support with cover within the team
- Manage all annual leave requests

**What you'll need**
- Experience of working within a busy Personal and Family (Private Client) secretarial team
- A highly experienced private client PA/Executive Assistant
- Strong organisational, communication and people skills
- The ability to working under pressure, often with tight deadlines
- Flexible in adapting your working style for different working styles
- Ability to work independently, managing ad-hoc projects with mínimal instruction and supervision
- Experience of DMS (essential)
- Experience of Bighand (essential)
- Accurate and competent in document production including formatting and presentation

**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?**

**Equal Opportunities**

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



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