Personal Assistant - Housing Development Regeneration
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Occupation TypeOther administrative occupations not elsewhere classified.
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
Job Description
About the role:
We have a great opportunity for a Personal Assistant to join our Housing Development and Regeneration team within the Real Estate Group as a Personal Assistant.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting fee earners by delivering high-quality secretarial and administrative assistance that enables seamless legal service delivery to clients. You’ll be actively involved in managing and coordinating the day-to-day workload of your fee earners, taking a proactive approach to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Responsible for delegating tasks to other support services, including document production, file management, and scanning/copying. You’ll also take the initiative to understand client needs in depth, ensuring a consistently high standard of service for both fee earners and clients.
This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys being at the heart of a dynamic legal team.
About you:
We are seeking someone with strong IT skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and research tools, and the ability to quickly learn and navigate the systems used across the firm.
The role requires a confident and professional telephone manner, with the ability to handle routine client queries independently when fee earners are unavailable. Strong communication, organisational, and teamwork skills are essential, along with a high level of attention to detail.
The ideal candidate will be flexible, proactive, and dependable, with a practical approach to managing tasks. To this role you will bring the ability to stay calm under pressure, meet tight deadlines, prioritise effectively, and take initiative when needed to support the team.
What We Can Offer You:
Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.
Excellent benefits, including:
About the role:
We have a great opportunity for a Personal Assistant to join our Housing Development and Regeneration team within the Real Estate Group as a Personal Assistant.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting fee earners by delivering high-quality secretarial and administrative assistance that enables seamless legal service delivery to clients. You’ll be actively involved in managing and coordinating the day-to-day workload of your fee earners, taking a proactive approach to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Responsible for delegating tasks to other support services, including document production, file management, and scanning/copying. You’ll also take the initiative to understand client needs in depth, ensuring a consistently high standard of service for both fee earners and clients.
This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys being at the heart of a dynamic legal team.
About you:
We are seeking someone with strong IT skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and research tools, and the ability to quickly learn and navigate the systems used across the firm.
The role requires a confident and professional telephone manner, with the ability to handle routine client queries independently when fee earners are unavailable. Strong communication, organisational, and teamwork skills are essential, along with a high level of attention to detail.
The ideal candidate will be flexible, proactive, and dependable, with a practical approach to managing tasks. To this role you will bring the ability to stay calm under pressure, meet tight deadlines, prioritise effectively, and take initiative when needed to support the team.
What We Can Offer You:
Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.
Excellent benefits, including:
- A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity, and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.
If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description, please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com