Our Stoke on Trent office is looking to recruit an Office Assistant to support the Team.
Branch: Stoke on Trent
Hours: Full time
Role: Office Assistant
Purpose of Role: To provide a high level comprehensive administration support and reception duties
Responsible to: Partner
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Reception duties
- Answering incoming telephone calls
- Welcoming visitors
- Audio typing
- Filing and photocopying as required.
- Keeping up to date on shredding confidential waste paper throughout the office.
- Inputting information provided by fee earners onto the database as required.
- Shopping for office supplies.
- Collection and delivery of DX and Royal Mail including dealing with special and recorded deliveries.
- Opening the post and then distributing as necessary
- Opening new files and assisting generally with transactions
- Arrange archiving of files and documents in the office
- Such other tasks as the firm may from time to time require.
Knowledge / Skills
- Communicate effectively and courteously and convey information accurately
- Work calmly and accurately under pressure
- Prioritise tasks
- Work co-operatively with other staff
- Keyboard skills
- Willingness and ability to learn new technology.
Qualities
- Discretion and ability to work in a confidential environment
- Pleasant, approachable and polite
- Flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Highly motivated
- Should be of smart appearance.
Butcher & Barlow is one of the most respected Law Firms in the North West. Our aim is to build long term relationships with our clients through trust and respect, unpinning those relationships with a sense of togetherness and a common goal. We work with our clients, not for them, sharing the decision making process with them.
We work with each other with the same integrity, inspiring confidence in our clients, professional contacts and colleagues through our collaborative approach, working as a team to progress matters quickly and efficiently.
Application process: Please send us your CV with a covering letter using the form or email your CV with a covering letter to [email protected].
No application form is required.
