At a Glance
- Tasks: Support senior leaders by managing schedules, meetings, and communications effectively.
- Company: Join Osborne Clarke, a dynamic international legal practice with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, generous benefits, and a focus on health and wellbeing.
- Other info: Embrace a hybrid working model with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by turning strategic priorities into actionable plans in a fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Experience as an Executive Assistant or similar role, with strong organisational and communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 58540 - 71548 £ per year.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, highly organised Executive Assistant (EA) to support our Chiefs and senior leadership team, reporting to the Head of Business Operations. This is a full-time, permanent position based in either our Bristol or London office. It offers hybrid working, with regular attendance at your base office and occasional travel to other UK offices, for example to support key events.
What you’ll do
- Provide high-quality executive support to the Chiefs and senior leadership team, ensuring time, priorities and key initiatives are managed effectively.
- Manage complex, frequently changing diaries and inboxes; help sequence priorities and create space for key discussions and decision-making.
- Handle the arrangements for key meetings (e.g. away days): forward agenda planning, papers and pre-reads, logistics, and capturing decisions and actions.
- Help set simple, practical plans for initiatives and business plans, with named owners, clear milestones and timelines agreed with the Chiefs.
- Draft, edit and format documents, papers and presentations, distilling complex information into clear summaries, recommendations and next steps.
- Act as a professional, discreet point of contact for the Chiefs, handling enquiries from colleagues and external contacts with good judgement.
- Coordinate leadership team events and away days end-to-end, including invitations, agenda planning, materials, room/virtual setup, logistics and follow-up actions.
- Keep documentation tidy and easy to find, maintaining a single, reliable place for agendas, papers, minutes and action logs.
What we're looking for
- You’re an experienced Executive Assistant (or in a similar role) who enjoys working with senior leaders in a fast-paced, professional environment.
- Experienced in supporting senior leaders at C-suite or Board level; experience in a law firm or partnership is an advantage.
- Exceptionally organised with strong attention to detail; able to manage multiple deadlines without compromising quality.
- Sound judgement, discretion and diplomacy; trusted to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to simplify complex information and present it clearly and succinctly.
- Confident working with senior stakeholders; calm, friendly and solutions-focused in your approach.
- Comfortable with technology and tools: Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, OneNote/SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel) and document management systems.
- Action-oriented and reliable; you take ownership, follow through and make sure the loop is closed.
- Able to interpret strategic intent and translate it into practical plans, timelines and clear next steps.
- Curious about AI and technology and how they are reshaping professional services, with an interest in how they can improve the way we work.
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
Our recruitment process
Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
About Us
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially.
At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.
Executive Assistant in Barbican employer: Osborne Clarke
Osborne Clarke is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and professional growth. Based in Bristol, our hybrid working model allows for flexibility while you lead impactful recruitment strategies within a supportive team environment, ensuring you can thrive both personally and professionally. With competitive salaries and a commitment to diversity, we empower our employees to be their authentic selves and contribute meaningfully to our clients' success.
