Practice Administrative Assistant

The role

Secretarial/Administration Services

• Processing expense claims
• Handling telephone calls
• Printing/copying/binding/mailing
• DPU liaison where applicable
• Preparing bibles
• Postclosing activities
• Archiving documents where applicable
• Performing CR search
• Updating of listing rules where applicable
• Updating distribution lists/telephone lines
• Assisting with order bookings
• Arranging payment requisition
• Assisting in calendar management
• Assisting with inbox management
• Providing team coverage

BD Support Services

• Assisting with InterAction entries

Meeting Arrangement

• Arranging Practice/group meetings
• Arranging Practice/group training
• Arranging Practice/group dinner/lunches/drinks
• Arranging other external/internal meeting
• Greeting visitors and ensuring visitors requests are met
• Collecting seminar questionnaire summaries
• Arranging external seminar applications

Travel Arrangement

• Arranging straight forward point to point flight booking
• Arranging taxi booking
• Arranging train tickets

Projects

• Providing support for Projects as required

Qualifications :

Your experience

• Good command of spoken/written English
• Adaptable able and willing to learn to navigate new systems. Proficiency in MS Word Excel and PowerPoint with knowledge of local language typing an advantage
• Able to take initiative has a sense of responsibility polite and with positive working attitude
• Strong team player

The Clifford Chance Principles embody what we stand for and aspire to be:

• Exceeding clients expectations

We are committed to helping our clients achieve their goals by providing commercially focused legal advice of the highest quality that will consistently exceed their expectations.

• Local excellence global standards

We ensure we can benefit our clients by combining the highest global standards of business and law with local excellence of service and by maintaining the depth quality and scale of resources necessary to meet our clients needs whenever and wherever they arise.

• Investing in talent

To deliver on our commitment to our clients we recruit and develop the best people.  We believe that by delivering great client service we will be involved in the most interesting and challenging client work and as a result achieve the reputation and the high levels of profitability which are essential to attracting and retaining the best people.

• An adaptable and approachable team

We believe in the power of collaboration collegiality and teamwork and we have an open approachable style.  We expect our people to be flexible and creative and to have the desire and drive to embrace new experiences and challenges.  We require everyone to put the interests of our clients and the Firm before their own.

• Strength through diversity

We are proud of our firm and value the diversity of the people and cultures within it.  In our firm people succeed according to their merits.

• Community

Our strength comes from our one firm approach and our partnership ethos.  They underpin our ability to deliver excellent client service and create a working environment where talented people can succeed.  We are ambitious for our clients and ourselves but we understand the importance of making a positive impact on the community at large.

• An ambition for success

We are determined to be the leader of an elite group of international law firms and to be at the top of the profession in each market where we practise.  Our aim is to be regarded as one of the worlds leading professional services organisations.

•  Thinking ahead

To be at the forefront of the legal profession requires foresight a desire to share ideas and a willingness to have a voice on issues of importance.  We have the confidence to challenge existing thinking and to push boundaries.

Additional Information :

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender gender identity and expression marital or civil partnership status race colour national or ethnic origin social or economic background disability religious belief sexual orientation or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection terms and conditions of employment including pay promotion training transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here

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