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Role: Administrator / Legal Secretary

Availability: Immediate

Type of work: Temporary or Permanent

Salary: Temporary and Permanent rates to be discussed

Candidate Reference: AB

Candidate AB is a committed and highly experienced professional with four years of administrative experience within the legal sector.  With strong communication and interpersonal skills, this candidate is now seeking a new challenge where excellent organisational abilities can be applied.

Key Skills

Education: Candidate AB has studied college level courses in Business Administration and Computing Level 3, with modules including Administer Office Systems, Computer Accounting and Spreadsheets Level 3.  This candidate has also completed a Professional Telephone Skills course.

Administration Experience: This candidate has extensive experience with diary management, organising meetings, and maintaining a client database.  Candidate AB also has strong reception experience, and has managed a busy switchboard on a daily basis.  This candidate is also an experienced audio typist, with additional experience in accounts and billing, collating documents and all general administrative support functions including filing.

Legal Experience: Candidate AB has served as Office Junior, Secretary and Senior Secretary at an established Solicitors office, progressing from general administrative responsibilities to the tasks of Senior Secretary to a Partner within a four-year period.  This candidate is confident in drafting and finalising letters and legal documents and completing settlements for sale and purchase of residential properties.

IT Skills: Candidate AB is proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.  This candidate also has a working knowledge of Mail Merge and Excel formulas.

Additional Strengths

With strong self-initiative and the ability to work with minimal supervision, candidate AB is a flexible and extremely motivated professional who would excel in the next busy administrative role. 

Role: PA / Executive Assistant

Availability: Immediate

Type of work: Permanent / Temporary

Salary: from 20 k per annum - temporary rates to be discussed

Candidate

Candidate RA is a strongly motivated PA with a proven ability to work on own initiative and under strict deadlines.  Skilled at developing innovative ideas and solutions, this candidate is eager to apply a range of experience to the next PA or Executive Assistant role. 

Key Skills

Education: Candidate RA has O Levels in English Language, Literature, German Language, Art and Biology. 

Experience: As Executive Assistant to a Senior Vice President, Candidate RA multi-tasked within a fast-moving and highly pressured department, managing busy diaries and coordinating conference arrangements on a global scale.  This candidate was required to react quickly with new concepts and ideas at a moments notice, and maintained excellent client relationships in order to manage projects worldwide.

As PA to a Director, Candidate RA arranged detailed and complex international travel, assisted in all creative decisions and design concepts and functioned as the public face of the company on the Directors behalf at major events. 

IT Skills: This candidate is proficient in Microsoft Office, with RSA I & II Qualifications in Word Processing, Excel and PowerPoint and a copy typing speed of 45 wpm.

Key Accomplishment: As design manager of a property development company, Candidate RA helped to grow the companys projects from a worth of £10k to £1m in a three-year period of time.

Additional Strengths

With exceptional organisational skills, Candidate RA would be a strong addition to a team seeking a proactive and highly competent PA or Executive Assistant. 

Role: Personal Assistant / Secretarial / Reception

Availability: Immediate

Type of work: Permanent / Temporary

Salary: from 25 k per annum - temporary rates to be discussed

Candidate

Candidate LM is a high calibre Executive Secretary / Personal Assistant with over 25 years of experience supporting senior executives in the financial sector.  Candidate LM is discreet, flexible and proactive, and strongly motivated to deliver outstanding results.

Key Skills

PA/Secretarial Skills: Candidate LMs most recent role has been Personal Assistant to a Director of Finance, during which time this candidates main responsibilities included complex diary management, travel organisation, arranging meetings and team events and maintaining filing and record systems for confidential materials.     

Organisational Skills: Candidate LM has a proven track record for ensuring the highest levels of speed, accuracy, presentation and confidentiality whilst performing administrative support functions.  This candidate is also highly experienced in working to demanding timelines. 

Events Organisation: Candidate LM has managed a number of large events, most notably the Finance Forums for Senior Executives involving close attention to detail.

Self-Initiative: This candidate has used self-initiative to flag urgent matters and develop new practices.  Most recently, Candidate LM instigated the use of Video Conferencing resulting in considerable cost savings.

Interpersonal Skills: Candidate LM is highly adaptable and able to build new relationships quickly.  Punctual, reliable and extremely flexible, this candidate displays strong communication and listening skills whilst dealing with colleagues and customers at all levels.

IT Skills: Candidate LM has excellent PC skills and knowledge of the Microsoft Office package, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.  This candidate has produced a variety of PowerPoint presentations for Directors, and has a copy typing speed of 68 wpm, with additional experience of audio typing.

Additional Strengths

This self-motivated and organised individual possesses excellent PA and administration skills.  Candidate LM is experienced in providing executive-level support covering a variety of departments in Finance, Risk, Retail and HR, and would prove a valuable addition to a new team.

Role: Administrator

Availability: Immediate

Type of work: Permanent / Temporary

Salary: from £21 k per annum. Temporary rates to be discussed

Candidate Reference: WD

This highly skilled candidate has strong IT skills and a vast range of administrative experience.  Extremely flexible and proficient in multiple languages, Candidate WD would be an excellent addition to a new team requiring a skilled and competent administrator. 

Key Skills

Education: Candidate WD holds a BA in Information Technology, with core subjects in modules including Database Design, Systems Analysis and Design, Advanced Software Engineering and Writing for the Web.  This candidate applied extensive MS Access skills in a final year project.

Languages: Candidate WD is fluent in English and Swedish, with intermediate proficiency with Norwegian and Danish, as well as basic competency in French.

Administration Experience: This candidate has functioned in a range of administrative roles, including Administrator, Media Developer, Web Master and Receptionist.  Competent in developing online applications, website development and database management, Candidate WD is also skilled in customer service and general administrative tasks.

IT Skills: Candidate WD is highly IT competent, with proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe/Macromedia Suite and MS Visio, and database experience with Oracle, Access and MySQL.  This candidate is also competent in programme languages including ASP, PHP, Java, SQL and HTML, and has experience with numerous operating systems.  Candidate WD has a copy typing speed of 73 wpm.

Additional Strengths

Extremely skilled in IT and competent in a range of administrative support functions, Candidate WD would be an excellent addition to a team requiring a capable and IT-oriented administrator.