Junior PA

Job description

Junior Legal PA

Box Recruitment Solutions are recruiting on behalf of an award-winning global law firm known for its supportive culture, collaborative environment, and excellent long-term career development opportunities.
The primary objective of this role is to provide highly efficient and proactive secretarial and administrative support to a team of fee earners within the Real Estate and Construction team, ensuring the smooth operation of day-to-day activities. Supporting 5 Associates and working closely alongside 4 experienced PAs, this role is integral to enabling fee earners to focus on delivering high-quality legal services through seamless organisational and administrative assistance.
Key Responsibilities

• Understand and assist with billing processes and associated financial management tasks
• Engage with fee earners to support general financial housekeeping and invoicing
• Manage administrative processes for fee earners, utilising appropriate internal resources
• Develop an understanding of matter management processes, gradually increasing responsibility and risk management awareness
• Diary management including forward planning, proactive travel and meeting arrangements, identifying scheduling conflicts and resolving where appropriate
• Support fee earners with day-to-day administrative and organisational tasks
• Adhere to firmwide and divisional Best Practice protocols
• Ensure compliance with firm risk and compliance policies and procedures, escalating issues where appropriate
• Successfully complete all mandatory firm training within required timescales
• Develop skills to support fee earners with business development activities
• Build strong working relationships with fee earners and wider support teams

To apply you will have:

• Around 2 year's previous administrative experience within a professional services, law, real estate or corporate business
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders, managers, or fee earners is highly desirable
• Someone genuinely interested in developing a career as a PA
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage busy workloads effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong grammar and punctuation Strong IT skills, particularly Word, Outlook, Excel and diary management systems
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team while also managing tasks independently
• Please note: law graduates are unlikely to be suitable for this particular role

Training & Development

• Structured 2-year development programme
• Ongoing mentoring, support, and regular check-ins
• Clear opportunity to develop a long-term PA career within the firm

Work arrangement and what's on offer:

• First 4 months: fully office-based, and after probation, hybrid (3 days office, 2 days home)
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays plus a holiday buy back scheme
• Interest free travel loan
• Private healthcare
• Gym membership

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Prestwich

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Salary indication

£28,000 Per Month

Published at

10-05-2026

Profession type

Legal

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English