The role
We are looking for someone to support some of our commercial lawyers with a range of administrative tasks. Our lawyers work with many very interesting clients, including many household name companies, and their work is often fast paced and can be challenging.
As a junior PA you'll be involved in a wide range of tasks including:

• document production (including formatting contracts, reports etc and drafting own straightforward letters and emails, minutes, meeting agendas, creating powerpoint slides)
• arranging meetings and travel
• filing and organisation of documents (mostly electronic)
• dealing with various enquiries
• processing credit card payments and expenses
• assisting with timesheet submission and client billing
• a host of other organisation and admin tasks needed to assist our lawyers manage their client work, training, team communication and other responsibilities!

We operate a discretionary hybrid working model allowing up to 2 days per week working from home. We offer an attractive remuneration package including 25 days holiday (plus birthdays off), private medical insurance, permanent health insurance and more from your first day of employment.
About you
You will need to have excellent organisational skills, including strong experience of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Word, but also good familiarity with Excel, Teams and Powerpoint. The role involves a working with a lot of different databases and other software packages so you need to be a confident IT user generally.
You will have excellent written English skills, attention to detail and be able to stay calm and focussed when managing multiple deadlines. You'll be naturally helpful and good with people.
We expect that you'll be able to show these skills from having worked in an office-based administrative role for at least 6 months somewhere else. You don't need to have worked in a law firm, but that (or something similar) would be an advantage.
About us
We're a law firm that specialises in media, technology and intellectual property. We advise clients on the financing, exploitation and protection of their creative and commercial assets. Our mission is to help clients to realise the value of their ideas in a digital age. For more information, see www.wiggin.co.uk.
Our culture is unique among law firms – both in what we expect from our people and the way we create value in the industries we serve. We empower people, expect commitment and excellence, and celebrate when we achieve it.
Our values are at the heart of everything that we do and define Wiggin as a workplace: being visionary, authentic, unified, responsible and excellent across-the-board.
There isn’t a typical Wiggin person. We aim to build teams that are diverse in thought, perspective and experience to provide a more rounded service to our internal and external clients.
We operate a discretionary hybrid working model allowing up to 2 days per week working from home. We offer an attractive remuneration package including 25 days holiday (plus birthdays off), private medical insurance, permanent health insurance and more from your first day of employment.
No agencies please.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid volunteer time
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cheltenham, GL50 3SH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Please tell us why you believe you are a strong candidate for this role.
• If you accepted an offer for this job, how soon would you be able to start work?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cheltenham, GL50 3SH