Personal Assistant Construction and Corporate

Job role: Personal Assistant

Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)

Happy to talk flexible working

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running and so we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team: Construction and Corporate

Location: London

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

Both the Construction and Corporate teams have grown significantly in recent years (both in headcount and revenue) and have ambitious plans for continued growth.

In these now fairly large and busy teams an opportunity has arisen for a keen individual to support on administrative matters under the guidance of the teams Secretarial Coordinator and contribute to a consistent and seamless service delivery both internally and externally.

This role is a great opportunity for someone to take ownership of the role and grow with the team.

Introduction to the team:

The Corporate team is comprised of 18 partners 28 other fee-earners 3 PAs and a compliance administrator. It advises on a broad range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions capital markets (equity and debt) private equity venture capital joint ventures reorganisations general corporate advisory commercial maritime and asset finance.

The Construction team works as a national unit and has 3 Partners in London and has 7 additional fee earners. This team contains contentious and transactional lawyers who advise on every stage of development from procurement strategy and professional appointments through to project management and disputes.

Key responsibilities:

• Arranging meetings including booking rooms requesting conference calls and sending appointments/ MS Teams meetings.
• File administration including new client and matter opening; initial conflict checks scanning and filing closing and archiving.
• Assist with billing and other financial aspects of the team and coordination with the Firms finance team in that regard.
• Manage and monitor diaries for fee-earners in the team.
• Monitor fee earners email inbox during period of absence and identify urgent emails and redirect/ deal as appropriate.
• Make and receive telephone calls evaluating communication and ensuring all calls are dealt with effectively and swiftly
• Ad-hoc tasks such as travel booking processing expenses and invoices.
• Converting documents into HD house style
• Work closely with the team PAs to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Provide wider support to the business services team during periods of high workload or business need.
• Provide any other support as may be reasonably requested by the teams fee-earners or the PA Coordinator.

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:

• A confident self-starter that can work under minimal supervision on individual tasks or on larger projects with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Sound judgement and decision-making skills
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong communication and client service skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:

• Previous experience in a professional services administrative role.
• Use of Document Management Systems

If you dont meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson we encourage you to apply and if successful we can help you develop along the way.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age gender gender identity ethnic origin disability sexual orientation marital or transgender status nationality religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier so you are able to perform at your best please let us know. You can contact the HR team at should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Required Experience:

Junior IC