Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP

Squire Patton Boggs have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Receptionist to join their growing team based in Manchester. Location: Manchester Salary: Competitive + Benefits Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a shift rota between 7:30am and 6:00pm About Us: Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world s strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations. More than 1,500 lawyers in 47 offices across 20 countries on five continents provide unrivalled access to expertise. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London. The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals. Senior Receptionist The Role: This will include producing rotas, prioritising workload, arranging absence cover, holding team meetings, regular liaison with the Facilities Manager, and taking a pro-active approach to working with other teams. You'll be focusing on individual and team development to achieve objectives and improve performance, as well as giving constructive feedback. The role will also require you to work alongside the Events Manager and wider Business Development and Marketing team, and be involved in pre-event planning and logistics, liaising with relevant contacts on site including maintenance, housekeeping, IT and in-house catering providers to ensure rooms and spaces are set up efficiently and correctly. Senior Receptionist - Key Responsibilities: - You'll also be responsible for carrying out on-job training for all new and existing team members - There is a requirement to undertake operational work such as booking meeting rooms, booking events, maintaining the reception area, issuing passes to all visitors and ensuring all services are provided in accordance with the agreed service levels Senior Receptionist You: - You will be a dynamic, creative individual who understands the importance and intricacies of client relationships, and this will be reflected in your professional and confidential approach to your work - You will have excellent communication and English language skills and be able to liaise with stakeholders of all levels clearly and confidently - Attention to detail is critical as well as excellent telephone and PC skills - You will have proven experience being a team leader or supervisor, and be able to prioritise and delegate effectively, while also motivating, recognising and rewarding others fairly and consistently - On busier occasions you will need to have the ability to work under pressure and remain calm at all times - In order to be successful, you will have previous experience in a client-facing role, ideally within professional services - You will also have experience of planning and management of both events and teams We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. To submit your application for this exciting Senior Receptionist opportunity, please click Apply now to be redirected to our website.

Squire Patton Boggs have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join the team. Location: Manchester Salary: Competitive + Benefits Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm - Flexibility required - Hybrid working available Our thriving Manchester office is looking for an experienced Legal Secretary to join our team. We need you to be an organised, professional individual who has a "can do" attitude and willing to go that extra mile to help colleagues at all times. Strong keyboard skills and previous secretarial experience in a busy corporate team are essential for this role. Our Team You will provide a full PA / secretarial service to the partners and fee-earners in a combined role supporting members of the Litigation, Corporate and Financial Services Practice Groups. You'll be reporting into the Manchester office Work Flow Manager and occasionally you may be expected to provide support to the wider office as and when required. Legal Secretary - The Role: In the role you will spend your time providing a PA, secretarial service to partners and fee-earners providing general administrative support to the team in a busy and deadline-driven environment. The role requires someone who is a self-starter and therefore, you must be able to manage your workload effectively and for the people they support. The role has a mixture of PA, secretarial and administration content and many tasks will be presented via our digital dictation system as well as directly face-to-face. The role requires a high level of organisation, with excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritise a range of competing tasks. Proven experience of working in a busy corporate environment and supporting a team are essential. You must be able to produce work, correspondence and documentation to a high level and be competent across a range of MS Office systems. You will have extensive diary management experience and will be confidently able to arrange a variety of meetings which will include, face to face, video conferences and conferences across multiple time zones. The role will also require you to support other secretaries in other Practice Groups, including holiday cover and when capacity allows you will assist with workloads from our other Manchester office teams. We pride ourselves on the high quality service we deliver daily to our colleagues and clients, in a rewarding and thriving environment. Legal Secretary - You: You must have a minimum of 5 years relevant legal experience, preferably in Litigation, Corporate or Financial Services sectors and have experience and be able to clearly demonstrate your willingness to learn new skills. As this role has numerous responsibilities, you'll need to be an organised, proactive individual who can easily prioritise a varying workload. You'll need to be a self-starter and able to manage your time and workload effectively whilst demonstrating experience of working as a team player in addition to working alone with limited supervision. As you will be dealing with clients of the firm, excellent telephone and communication skills are key for this role. Ideally, you'll have strong academics with good knowledge of all Microsoft packages, plus strong keyboard skills, a quick typing speed and a good eye for detail are a must! This role would be ideal for someone who has experience in a corporate law firm and is looking to take the next step forward in their career. What you need to know To submit your application for this exciting Legal Secretary opportunity, please click 'Apply' now to be redirected to our website. We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. We are a Stonewall Champion and a Top 75 Social Mobility Employer, you can find out more about our approach to diversity and inclusion here.