Team Assistant

We are seeking a dedicated Team Assistant to support our Pro Bono team as it drives increased engagement in pro bono across the firm's multiple fee-earning departments. The Pro Bono practice is built around four key pillars: (i) diversity, inclusion and social mobility, (ii) rule of law, (iii) vulnerable groups (domestic abuse, human trafficking and refugees) and (iv) climate, environment and sustainability. This role is ideal for someone with an interest in increasing access to justice. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the team's operations. You will be expected to provide high quality, comprehensive administrative support to the team, including the Key Responsibilities listed below.,

• Manage diaries for the team, ensuring efficient scheduling of meetings and appointments.
• Handle administrative tasks with a high level of competency and care.
• Take the lead in organising a small number of events and training sessions, including coordination with external partners and stakeholders. Ensure all events are executed efficiently.
• Act as a point of contact within the firm, dealing directly with clients and internal teams.
• Use initiative and show readiness to take responsibility for essential administrative tasks that will assist the team, for example, maintaining departmental documents, updating and maintaining the department's internal hub page, running conflict checks and assisting with file openings, coordinating expense and invoice payments, as well as liaising with relevant support teams, as necessary.
• Attend team meetings, assisting with setting agendas and taking detailed notes to track action items and follow-ups.
• Assisting with research tasks.
• Support departmental BD activities, including updating InterAction contacts., The firm understands that each one of us is different. We value and respect these individual differences, not only in relation to gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation and faith, but also in terms of background, education, working style and family or care responsibilities.
We are committed to leveraging these differences to achieve true excellence and to better serve our clients and communities. We are also convinced that creating an inclusive environment where all our people feel valued and able to bring their differences to work every day creates a more stimulating and rewarding environment in which to work. We are equally proud to be in the top 25 employers as recognised by Stonewall in supporting the LGBT+ community. Accessibility statement : If individuals have any accessibility issues when reviewing this document, please notify a member of the Travers Smith HR team so that the document can be provided in an alternative format. Support and Adjustments for candidates : At Travers Smith, we are committed to ensuring that people who are disabled or have a long-term condition are empowered in their identity, valued equally, and listened to. If we can adjust the recruitment process to make it more accessible, please let us know. For further information please visit our website: Recruitment - Support and adjustments for candidates | Travers Smith


• Strong attention to detail.
• Advanced IT skills (including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and the ability to quickly get to grips with the firm's intranet and new software.
• Interpersonal skills that will allow for the development of strong working relationships across the practice and wider firm.
• Confidence to proactively problem solve and seek assistance should issues arise.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment while maintaining a high level of performance.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload efficiently whilst handling multiple deadlines.
• A continued focus on client service.
• Ability to take ownership of processes and to use own initiative to progress tasks with little supervision.
• Proactive and highly motivated, self-starter who has a can-do attitude
• An ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion.
  
  Travers Smith is a leading full-service law firm, with a wealth of experience in its areas of specialisation. The firm has a market-leading reputation for its international expertise in Asset Management, M&A and Dispute Resolution & Investigations. Travers Smith is a firm which prides itself on giving back to society. One of the ways in which it does that is through providing free (pro bono) legal advice to charities, vulnerable individuals and social enterprises. Our purpose is to provide the highest quality of service to our clients, whether pro bono or otherwise, whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive and enjoyable working environment. Travers Smith has an award-winning Pro Bono department, led by Sam Cottman, Partner and Priya Bansal, Senior Associate.