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Administration Assistant

🏢 Flint Bishop 📍 Derby, England 💼 Company - Private

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£18,932 - £24,106

£1,578 - £2,009 / mo

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Location Base

Derby, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Description

Working alongside our Administration team and reporting day-to-day to the Office Services Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the reception and front of house teams in providing a first-class customer experience when visiting our offices. You will also have your own day-to-day tasks whilst also supporting our legal departments as and when required.

Key tasks include meeting and greeting guests and visitors at our head offices, scanning client documents, showing clients to and from meeting rooms, providing refreshments for our visitors, processing, scanning and filing internal & external post, file closing on behalf of fee-earning departments as well as reception & switchboard cover where required.

The role is full time, based at out Derby head offices working 08:45 to 17:30 Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities

Meeting our clients in the main reception area and showing visitors to their designated meeting room or client holding area.
Providing refreshments to our clients during their visit.
Ensuring meeting rooms are cleared promptly after meetings with all used crockery cleaned and tidied away.
Scanning and filing on all client documents whilst the clients are onsite.
Distribution of all received client paperwork to the relevant fee earner and department.
Sorting and distributing external and internal post, scanning to the client file, and notifying the fee-earning departments.
Photocopying documents for fee-earning departments, this requires attention to detail and time management.
Answer internal telephone calls for the administration team.
Order and manage stationery, refreshments and cleaning products where required.
Receive deliveries and distribute to the appropriate individual.
Assist our fee-earning department with tasks where required, this includes opening & closing files, filing and scanning.
Provide cover for reception where required.
Provide cover for the switchboard operator where required, ensuring all calls are answered and re-directed to the relevant fee-earning department promptly.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will:

Have excellent administrative experience.
Ideally have customer service or hospitality experience, and thrive on providing an excellent customer experience.
Preferably have previous experience in a front of house role.
Have excellent time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines with your caseloads.

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Benefits

What we offer?

Competitive salary
Bonus potential
Great working environment at our Derby Head offices
Career Development opportunities
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Options to buy & sell 1 week’s holiday
1 week’s holiday carry over
Extra day off for your birthday
Staff card discount scheme for local shops
Social days and evenings on the firm
Monthly food on the firm for all staff
Staff discounts on legal services

About Flint Bishop

Flint Bishop is a multi-award-winning, top 200 UK law firm. We have been providing legal services to businesses and individuals for over a century.

Recognised as a ‘leading firm’ by both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, the outstanding quality of our staff and service levels is underlined by our ISO quality assurance accreditations, industry awards and peer ranking.

We have over 200 solicitors and legal experts who use their technical skills and expertise for one mission: to provide clients with clear advice that helps them to achieve their goals as effectively as possible.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Location: Derby, England

Eligibility: Verified Employer Direct Placement

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