Legal PA - Technology

We are seeking a Personal Assistant (PA) to join our Technology team who act for leading domestic and international clients. This role offers an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to work with a busy and approachable team, alongside other PAs in Ireland’s leading law firm.

The PA will be responsible for providing an end-to-end legal secretarial service. This is an ideal role for a high organised and enthusiastic PA who enjoys working with a broad spectrum of people across an organisation.

About this opportunity

The role will include:

• Taking ownership of monthly invoicing ensuring accurate compliance with client requirements
• Liaising with clients on invoicing queries and outstanding invoices
• Incepting matters and assisting with client on-boarding requirements
• Accurately managing all filing and lawyer email filing
• Document production including formatting in house style
• Diary and email management including proactive monitoring and taking action where needed
• Managing expenses on behalf of allocated lawyers 

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Legal PA supporting senior staff in a professional services environment
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office including PowerPoint and Excel with ability to deliver high quality, accurate work
• A post-leaving certificate qualification e.g. a diploma/certificate in legal secretarial studies however, relevant work experience will be considered in lieu
• A high level of integrity, discretion, and trust with confidential information
• Adaptable approach to work, and proven ability to work unsupervised as part of a team
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail
• Desire and ability to work as part of a PA team supporting the team's lawyers

Benefits

• A competitive remuneration package
• Pension and health insurance contribution, clubs and subs contribution, marriage/civil partnership gratuity and leave, life assurance, complimentary conveyancing allowance and a free restaurant and coffee shop
• Hybrid working policy

The Firm

A&L Goodbody (ALG) is a leading Irish law firm with five international offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco. There are currently 116 partners and over 900 employees. The strong international and domestic business community in Ireland forms a valuable part of the ALG client base. ALG is incredibly proud to be recognised as the leading Irish law firm in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Guide with the highest number of Band 1 practice area rankings. ALG is also ranked as a 'top tier' law firm in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2024 and the IFLR1000 Guide 2023. The firm is consistently ranked number one in the Irish market and on a European level.

A sample of other recent notable awards include:

• Awarded the Investors in Diversity Silver Mark in 2024 by the Irish Centre for Diversity
• Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Law 2024 by GradIreland (for 13 consecutive years)
• Law firm of the year – Republic of Ireland 2023 at The Lawyer European Awards
• Irish Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the Chambers Europe Awards
• One of the top 50 most innovative law firms in Europe 2023 by the Financial Times
• Future of Legal Services Innovation Award winners 2024
• Best client support 2023 by the Managing Partners Forum
• Business Working Responsibly Mark 2023
• Ireland's top 25 best places to work by LinkedIn's Top Companies list for 2022

ALG has a reputation for leading the way in continuously developing its service to clients and internally to its business. This is delivered through the use of new processes, ways of working, innovative use of technology and marketing-leading business service teams.