Pa - Construction (12 Month Fixed Term Contract) - London, United Kingdom - Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a full-time position for a 12 month fixed term contract, with working hours of 9.30am -5.30pm, usually based out of our London office with some home working too.

About us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1260 talented lawyers in 25 locations*.

Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow.

Advising them both comprehensively and commercially.

We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors.

And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

The team
Our team is based across our offices in London and Bristol, working closely together on matters. The group has a first rate domestic client base and continues to develop an international reputation.

We act for investors, developers and contractors with a keen focus and strategy based on our core industry sectors that link all of our service delivery together for our clients.

In this team that is primarily through Energy & Utilities, Real Estate & Infrastructure and Transport & Automotive.

We have traditionally acted for blue chip companies, Government entities, utilities, rail operators, property developers, contractors, professionals and private individuals.

For example, we are on the Engie and Siemens panels for construction work, with other key clients and relationships including WPD, M&G Real Estate, Balfour Beatty and Civitas Living, BDW, Octopus Renewables, Vistry, Innogy, UK Power Networks and Centrica.

Other key areas of expertise include handling disputes arising out of major projects (including PFI) both in the UK and internationally and managing project risk through the construction and operation phases of a wide variety of assets types

What you'll do

One of the main responsibilities of this role is to support the team with the billing process and other financial aspects for key clients working closely with a Senior PA based in London and a PA based in Bristol, our accounts team and our credit control team.

The role will also include the following responsibilities:

Provide support to the International Sector leader for one of our key sectors working closely with the Marketing & Sales team and other practice areas and service lines across the firm
Diary management, setting up meetings, booking meeting rooms and identifying/booking venues for client lunches and dinners
Research and book train, air tickets and hotel accommodation
Complete expense reclaim forms and other online finance forms
Add/amend contact details on InterAction (our Marketing Database) and add Activity Reports
Support the team with Business Development initiatives and marketing events
Assist with file opening, closing and the archiving process
Scan, bind, photocopy and print documents when necessary
Draft correspondence, amend and format documents
Assist with ad hoc IT queries and liaise with the IT team to resolve these issues
Proactively identify opportunities, actively contribute and be involved in adhoc projects as necessary for the team
Develop and maintain exemplary positive internal and external client and PA relationships

We are looking for

You will also be able to demonstrate:

A proactive and positive attitude with the ability to take ownership of tasks, prioritise and manage their own workload
Ability to pay close attention to detail
Good IT skills
Flexibility, with exceptional organisational skills, competent in managing change
Ability to take the initiative and develop solutions
Ability to work with confidentiality, discretion and diplomacy

Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

For more information or to apply
No agencies please.
- *Services in India are provided by a relationship firm_

At _Osborne Clarke_ we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks not to mention our great teams are a part of making that a reality._
We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can.

We value the health and wellbeing of our people:

for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.

Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusi