Junior Legal PA

Job Description Junior Legal PA Glasgow | Permanent Our standard working hours are 9.00am-5.00pm. We operate a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home working model. As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider flexible working requests.

The opportunity Join a team where your expertise truly matters. Pinsent Masons is looking for a Junior Legal PA to join their Corporate team in Glasgow. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Administrator who wants to progress their career and who wants to develop PA skills in a Legal Firm.

• This role sits within the Corporate department of the Glasgow office with a team of approximately 12 fee earners and 2 experienced PA’s
• In this role you will develop your PA skills under the guidance and mentorship of experienced PA’s giving you an exceptional opportunity to grow your career.
• You will work in an assistant capacity to the PA to Head of Office utilising your existing administration skills and developing PA skills
• This is such an exciting opportunity for a driven and ambitious Administrator to join a fabulous team and develop your Legal PA career

At Pinsent Masons, your career is exceptional by design - intentionally shaped to support high performance, meaningful development and long-term progression.

What You’ll Do Bring your experience to the table and play a key role in the success of our firm, building trusted relationships and delivering meaningful impact, including:

• Develop and maintain business understanding
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders
• On-board new clients in line with Risk policies
• Manage and co-ordinate meetings, appointments, and travel
• Prepare and submit expenses
• Responsible for end-to-end service delivery
• Delegate and promote correct use of firm wide resources
• Review and collate returned tasks
• Research clients, potential clients and new business initiatives or opportunities
• Assist with business development opportunities including preparation of bids, tenders, proposal documents, team sheets, brochures and client briefing documents
• Update credentials database and fee earner CVs
• Update fee earner social media channels
• Effective use of CRM systems
• Innovate and design to improve service area
• Respond to practice group priorities

What You’ll Bring To thrive in this role, you'll need to bring:

• You will be an experienced Administrator or Junior PA from a Legal or other professional services background
• Excellent administration skills including MS Office packages, document management and ideally comfortable with billing
• Be enthusiastic and driven to develop your career as a Legal PA
• Team player with the ability to also work autonomously
• Adaptable to different working styles
• Displays resilience
• Earns respect and trust
• Critical thinking and time management
• Maintains confidentiality
• Undertakes self-analysis and evaluation
• Strong personal brand supporting firm values
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills (oral and written)

Why Pinsent Masons Our “exceptional by design” approach means we’ve deliberately shaped a firm where you can do your best work. We combine meaningful work, clear expectations and the support to build a career that works for you. Why join us?

• Meaningful work, real impact – the opportunity to contribute to initiatives and projects that have a genuine impact on our clients and the success of a leading international law firm.
• A firm that backs your growth – clear expectations, structured development and real investment in helping you reach your potential.
• A progressive culture – collaborative, inclusive and forward-looking, with the space to innovate and do your best work.

Our benefits package is competitive and reflects our determination to support our people in achieving their full potential. You know what’s important to you and that’s why we offer flexible benefits where we can, allowing you to choose what matters most. Amongst our benefits are:

• 25 days holiday
• Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Family Leave policies
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits

What happens next? Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Talent Acquisition team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages providing the opportunity to meet different members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our commitment At Pinsent Masons, we are committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent and building an inclusive and fair workplace. We value the strength that comes from different experiences and strive to create an environment where everyone feels they belong.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and are dedicated to ensuring equitable opportunities throughout our recruitment processes. In line with local laws and cultural contexts across the jurisdictions in which we operate, we encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences to apply.

If you need reasonable adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process or to perform the role, please tell us, we will work with you to identify a suitable approach.