What you’ll do
Ashfords' Corporate team is seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Legal Support Assistant to join our Bristol office. This is a varied role that combines hands-on legal support with responsibility for coordinating the Legal Support Assistant team, helping to ensure the smooth running of a busy and high-performing department.
Working closely with Partners and fee earners, you'll provide high-quality assistance across a range of activities, including diary and inbox management, document production, dictation, travel and meeting coordination, team events and wider departmental initiatives. You'll become a trusted member of the team, building strong relationships and anticipating the needs of colleagues, enabling them to focus on delivering excellent client service.
You'll also play a key role in coordinating support activities across the department, helping to manage workloads, oversee cover arrangements and ensure resources are aligned to the needs of the team. Working closely with the Legal Support Assistant team, you'll support recruitment, onboarding and development activities, contributing to a collaborative and high-performing working environment.
With a proactive approach to continuous improvement, you'll identify opportunities to enhance ways of working, collaborate with colleagues across the firm to drive efficiencies and contribute to key projects and departmental initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced legal support professional looking to take the next step in their career. You'll combine team coordination responsibilities with high-level support to fee earners in one of the firm's largest practice areas.
Who you are
You are an experienced professional with a background in a Legal Support, Personal Assistant or similar role within a legal or professional services environment. You take pride in delivering a high standard of service and enjoy building strong relationships with colleagues, clients and external contacts.
Highly organised and adaptable, you're confident managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Whether coordinating complex diaries, arranging meetings and events, producing documents or supporting departmental activities, you approach your work with professionalism, attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
You'll be a strong team player who enjoys working collaboratively and supporting others to succeed. Comfortable coordinating workloads and sharing knowledge and best practice, you'll contribute to a positive and supportive team culture while helping to ensure work is delivered efficiently and to a high standard.
With excellent communication skills and a solutions-focused approach, you'll be someone who takes initiative, anticipates needs and looks for opportunities to improve the way things are done.
Most importantly, you'll be enthusiastic about becoming a trusted part of our Corporate team, providing first-class support and making a meaningful contribution to the success of the department.
Your Career. Our Commitment.
At Ashfords, we believe in more than just doing great work - we believe in building a great place to work.
When you join us, you become part of a team where everything we do is underpinned by our four core values: Be Open, Think Team, Make a Difference and Always Grow. These values shape who we are and how we work - they guide our decisions, influence our culture, and drive the way we support our people, clients and communities.
With a clear focus on innovation, community involvement, and supporting a healthy work-life balance, we are committed to building an environment where our people can have a rewarding and meaningful career.
Whilst we recognise that every career journey is unique, we will be ambitious for you, giving you the tools, trust, and opportunities to develop your career, your way.
Our goal? To help you realise your full potential as part of a forward-thinking team.
Our offer
We know that our people are at the heart of everything we do – and that’s why we’re committed to supporting your wellbeing, growth and work-life balance.
Beyond our benefits package, you’ll be encouraged, no matter what your role or career level, to get involved in our Responsible Business programme, where you’ll support initiatives such as charity fundraising, environmental causes and our employee led diversity and inclusion groups.
You can find out more about our benefits by visiting the Reward & Wellbeing page on our website.
What’s next?
Our recruitment process typically involves two stages, which are designed not only to explore your skills and experience but also to give you a real insight into what it’s like to work at Ashfords. Throughout the process, our dedicated Talent Attraction team will be here to support you every step of the way.
We believe that building a firm with a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences drives innovation and strengthens our teams, and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
To support your growth, we offer ongoing training and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential – so even if you don’t feel you match all the requirements of the job role, we’d still love to hear from you.
At Ashfords, we’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to succeed.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or would like to discuss anything regarding your application, please contact us at [email protected].
Apply now, and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
