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12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £50,000 (Manchester) |

A leading international professional services firm is seeking an experienced PA Services Manager to lead and develop a high-performing business support team.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a strategic leadership role where you will shape how administrative and PA services are delivered across the organisation. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will ensure the support function operates at the highest standard while driving innovation, efficiency and modern ways of working.

If you are an experienced PA Manager, Secretarial Manager or Business Support Leader who enjoys building strong teams and improving service delivery, this role offers the chance to make a real impact.

You will take responsibility for leading the PA Services function, ensuring the team delivers exceptional operational support to senior stakeholders across the business.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading and developing a team of PAs and business support professionals
• Delivering strategic and operational plans for the PA Services function
• Managing team performance, recruitment, development and succession planning
• Building strong relationships with partners and senior stakeholders
• Ensuring service delivery is aligned with business priorities and client expectations
• Managing workload allocation and team capacity across the function
• Driving process improvements and modernising service delivery models
• Leading change initiatives and embedding a culture of continuous improvement
• Producing management information and analysing service performance data
   

• Experience managing a PA, secretarial or business support function within professional services
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop high-performing teams
• Commercial awareness and the ability to translate strategy into practical delivery
• Confident stakeholder management skills at senior level
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach to operational challenges
• Experience driving change and improving service models
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
   

• High-profile leadership role with real influence across the business
• Opportunity to shape and modernise a major support function
• Collaborative culture that values professional development
• Hybrid working model offering flexibility and balance
   

If you are an experienced PA Manager or Business Support leader looking for your next strategic challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact SC Staff & Consult for a confidential discussion.

 Legal Executive Support Assistant – Edinburgh
📍 City Centre | Hybrid (3 days office / 2 from home)
🕘 9am–5pm
💰 Up to £32,000 + excellent benefits
🕒 Permanent

This is not a generic admin role.

It’s a genuine opportunity to step into a global law firm and begin building a long-term career in executive legal support.

My client is an international law firm with a strong presence in Edinburgh, known for its collaborative culture, high standards and investment in their support teams. They are open to candidates with 2+ years’ experience in professional services or the Civil Service — or strong administrators who are ready to expand their career in a more commercial, client-facing environment.

You may not already be working in legal, but you will have been exposed to diary management, stakeholder liaison, document handling, database systems and financial administration — and you’ll be ready to apply those skills at a higher level.

In this role, you will provide proactive executive support to Partners and fee-earners within a busy practice area. You will take ownership of complex diaries and travel coordination, support deadline management, organise client events and internal sessions, draft first-pass correspondence and act as a key link between fee-earners and business services teams.

You’ll also gain exposure to client research, bids and tender support, presentation materials, billing processes, WIP monitoring, engagement letters, AML and conflicts checks. On the document side, you’ll prepare pitch documents, format and amend Word, Excel and PowerPoint materials, carry out comparisons and conversions, proofread and manage document workflows.

This is a role for someone who is motivated, organised and serious about delivering a professional service of the highest quality. In return, you’ll receive structured training, real responsibility and clear career development opportunities as you grow within the legal support pathway.

If you are a paralegal seeking a training contract, an aspiring solicitor or barrister, or looking for a short-term legal stepping stone — this role will not be the right fit.

If you want to build a long-term career in professional legal support within a global firm that will recognise and develop your capability — this could be your next step.