Executive Assistant to the COO

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide high-level support to our Chief Operating Officer. This is a London based part-time (3 or 4 days a week role), which will also see you provide secondary support to the Managing Partner and Senior Partner, where appropriate.

This is far more than a traditional diary management role. As a trusted business partner to the COO, you will play a key role in helping to coordinate the day-to-day operations of the firm, manage information flow, support governance processes and ensure that strategic initiatives are delivered effectively.

The COO is responsible for leading the firm’s Business Services functions, including Finance, IT, Business Development & Marketing and Facilities, whilst working closely with Partners across all legal departments to help them deliver on the firm’s strategic objectives. You will therefore interact regularly with stakeholders at every level of the organisation, including Board members, Partners, senior leaders, suppliers and external advisers.

This position requires exceptional organisational skills, sound judgement, absolute discretion and the confidence to build effective relationships across the firm.

Day to day, your role will provide you with a varied workload across:

• Executive support
• Governance and leadership support
• Business and project support
• Reporting and information management
• Stakeholder management.

Please note, we are sourcing this role directly and won’t require agency support.

ABOUT YOU

This a high impact and engaging role for a highly organised and proactive Executive Assistant (EA), who enjoys operating in a fast-paced professional environment. You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously and have the confidence to engage with senior stakeholders across the organisation. As an experienced EA, you will have substantial experience providing support as an EA to C-Suite executives or senior leadership teams, within a professional services environment (legal sector experience would be desirable but not essential).

You will be able to call upon excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to adapt your communication style to meet the needs of different audiences. A busy and varied day excites you, and you be able to lean on previous experience to manage shifting expectations. You will be able to bring to the role, your excellent minute-taking and action-tracking capability, and finally, you will enjoy providing a first-class client service.

In return, you will be joining a firm during a period of exciting growth, have the opportunity to work with a friendly and ambitious leadership team, and be able to have a tangible and direct impact on the success of Winckworth Sherwood.

WHY US

Winckworth Sherwood is an exciting, diverse, and growing business. We are a full-service law firm with a diverse client base, that prides itself on providing advice across a broad range of sectors and markets. Delivering a first-class service is key to everything we do.

Our clients range from some of the UK’s largest businesses and institutions, housebuilders and developers through to investors, professional partnerships, family offices, not for profit organisations and private individuals – all of which benefit from the flexible, practical approach of our lawyers.

We recognise that our people play a key part in our success and as a result we are committed to their development and well-being. We promote a healthy work-life balance and flexibility, keeping our people motivated and stimulated to deliver great things.

YOUR APPLICATION JOURNEY

Application review

Your profile will be screened by a member of the WS recruitment team. If you CV is shortlisted, you will be invited to have a short call with our Recruitment Manager, Ash Evans, to discuss your interest in the vacancy. No AI is used in our application screening process! Every candidate who applies to this role will be told if they have been successful or not in moving to the next stage.

1st interview (in person at our London office)

This will be with the COO and the Recruitment Manager, who will discuss your interest in the role, what you are looking for professionally, and ask some competency/behavioural questions that relate to the key skills/behaviours needed for this position. You will also have the opportunity to demonstrate your Word and Excel skills via task based scenario.

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