Office Assistant

Company: Pinsent Masons
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Location: Scotland
Job Description:

  • Daily receipt, sorting, distribution, collection and despatch of Royal Mail, DX and other deliveries
  • Preparing Royal Mail manifests using Click & Drop and OBA
  • Scanning Co Sec mail and forwarding, liaising with Co Sec team regarding any queries
  • Booking courier services, local, national and international
  • Local hand delivery and collection of mail
  • Distribution of incoming faxes
  • Ascertaining originators of un-referenced mail by database search or issue of email notice
  • Reception/Meeting Rooms
  • Provide reception cover as required, in agreement with line manager
  • Review Eptura and liaise with the reception team to ensure correct set up of meeting rooms
  • Prepare beverages and deliver lunches to rooms at booked times
  • Liaise with Reception to ensure rooms are cleared promptly and rearranged to standard set up
  • Ensure rooms are stocked with stationery
  • Assist with the set-up of IT/AV for meetings
  • Daily AV checks in meeting rooms
  • Reprographics
  • High volume copying, printing, scanning, collating and laminating of documents
  • Binding documents for internal and external issue and for presentations
  • Ensuring all documents are quality checked and returned within agreed customer timescales
  • Providing ‘first line’ fault finding capability on all MFDs
  • Calling out engineers to MFDs as and when required and recording outcomes
  • Replenishing paper stock and replacing toners at MFDs throughout the office
  • Arranging printing and copying with external providers within customer specified timescales
  • Ordering and distribution of stationery and maintenance of office stock levels
  • Production of name badges for onsite seminars
  • Health, Safety and Environment
  • Ensuring that the office is tidy and delivered items are cleared away promptly
  • Carrying out office inspections, completing forms and helping to resolve issues
  • Assisting with the co-ordination and control of contractors, including completion of authorisations etc
  • Reporting and recording of accidents and near misses
  • Monitoring the correct use of waste and recycling facilities, highlighting issues to line manager
  • Participation in other safety and environmental related activities as directed by line manager
  • New Starts and Internal Moves
  • Carrying out health and safety and/or facilities inductions for new starts
  • Liaising with line manager, HR and IT to assist with the requirements for new starts and leavers
  • Assisting with all internal moves, including liaison with service providers and internal business units, arranging crates, printing labels, updating plans/staff lists and porterage
  • Be familiar with security pass set up and the procedures for issue of cards to new starts and have cards programmed for our needs
  • Arranging print card for new starts
  • General Workplace Operations
  • Production and updating of internal signage
  • Responding to general requests from staff & partners (maintenance, porterage etc.)
  • Providing support with general office administration, including the processing of invoices and name/desk plates
  • Assisting with ordering of office equipment and furniture as required
  • Ordering and distribution of catering consumables as required
  • Operation and maintenance of the water bottling machine, ensuring supply of fresh water for all meetings and events
  • Participation in business continuity activities and upkeep of equipment and staff lists
  • Provision of management information as requested by line manager
  • Identifying opportunities for process improvement
  • To undertake other duties as reasonably required by line manager

Job Description

  • Daily receipt, sorting, distribution, collection and despatch of Royal Mail, DX and other deliveries
  • Preparing Royal Mail manifests using Click & Drop and OBA
  • Scanning Co Sec mail and forwarding, liaising with Co Sec team regarding any queries
  • Booking courier services, local, national and international
  • Local hand delivery and collection of mail
  • Distribution of incoming faxes
  • Ascertaining originators of un-referenced mail by database search or issue of email notice
  • Reception/Meeting Rooms
  • Provide reception cover as required, in agreement with line manager
  • Review Eptura and liaise with the reception team to ensure correct set up of meeting rooms
  • Prepare beverages and deliver lunches to rooms at booked times
  • Liaise with Reception to ensure rooms are cleared promptly and rearranged to standard set up
  • Ensure rooms are stocked with stationery
  • Assist with the set-up of IT/AV for meetings
  • Daily AV checks in meeting rooms
  • Reprographics
  • High volume copying, printing, scanning, collating and laminating of documents
  • Binding documents for internal and external issue and for presentations
  • Ensuring all documents are quality checked and returned within agreed customer timescales
  • Providing ‘first line’ fault finding capability on all MFDs
  • Calling out engineers to MFDs as and when required and recording outcomes
  • Replenishing paper stock and replacing toners at MFDs throughout the office
  • Arranging printing and copying with external providers within customer specified timescales
  • Ordering and distribution of stationery and maintenance of office stock levels
  • Production of name badges for onsite seminars
  • Health, Safety and Environment
  • Ensuring that the office is tidy and delivered items are cleared away promptly
  • Carrying out office inspections, completing forms and helping to resolve issues
  • Assisting with the co-ordination and control of contractors, including completion of authorisations etc
  • Reporting and recording of accidents and near misses
  • Monitoring the correct use of waste and recycling facilities, highlighting issues to line manager
  • Participation in other safety and environmental related activities as directed by line manager
  • New Starts and Internal Moves
  • Carrying out health and safety and/or facilities inductions for new starts
  • Liaising with line manager, HR and IT to assist with the requirements for new starts and leavers
  • Assisting with all internal moves, including liaison with service providers and internal business units, arranging crates, printing labels, updating plans/staff lists and porterage
  • Be familiar with security pass set up and the procedures for issue of cards to new starts and have cards programmed for our needs
  • Arranging print card for new starts
  • General Workplace Operations
  • Production and updating of internal signage
  • Responding to general requests from staff & partners (maintenance, porterage etc.)
  • Providing support with general office administration, including the processing of invoices and name/desk plates
  • Assisting with ordering of office equipment and furniture as required
  • Ordering and distribution of catering consumables as required
  • Operation and maintenance of the water bottling machine, ensuring supply of fresh water for all meetings and events
  • Participation in business continuity activities and upkeep of equipment and staff lists
  • Provision of management information as requested by line manager
  • Identifying opportunities for process improvement
  • To undertake other duties as reasonably required by line manager

DAILY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Daily receipt, sorting, distribution, collection and despatch of Royal Mail, DX and other deliveries
  • Preparing Royal Mail manifests using Click & Drop and OBA
  • Scanning Co Sec mail and forwarding, liaising with Co Sec team regarding any queries
  • Booking courier services, local, national and international
  • Local hand delivery and collection of mail
  • Distribution of incoming faxes
  • Ascertaining originators of un-referenced mail by database search or issue of email notice
  • Reception/Meeting Rooms
  • Provide reception cover as required, in agreement with line manager
  • Review Eptura and liaise with the reception team to ensure correct set up of meeting rooms
  • Prepare beverages and deliver lunches to rooms at booked times
  • Liaise with Reception to ensure rooms are cleared promptly and rearranged to standard set up
  • Ensure rooms are stocked with stationery
  • Assist with the set-up of IT/AV for meetings
  • Daily AV checks in meeting rooms
  • Reprographics
  • High volume copying, printing, scanning, collating and laminating of documents
  • Binding documents for internal and external issue and for presentations
  • Ensuring all documents are quality checked and returned within agreed customer timescales
  • Providing ‘first line’ fault finding capability on all MFDs
  • Calling out engineers to MFDs as and when required and recording outcomes
  • Replenishing paper stock and replacing toners at MFDs throughout the office
  • Arranging printing and copying with external providers within customer specified timescales
  • Ordering and distribution of stationery and maintenance of office stock levels
  • Production of name badges for onsite seminars
  • Health, Safety and Environment
  • Ensuring that the office is tidy and delivered items are cleared away promptly
  • Carrying out office inspections, completing forms and helping to resolve issues
  • Assisting with the co-ordination and control of contractors, including completion of authorisations etc
  • Reporting and recording of accidents and near misses
  • Monitoring the correct use of waste and recycling facilities, highlighting issues to line manager
  • Participation in other safety and environmental related activities as directed by line manager
  • New Starts and Internal Moves
  • Carrying out health and safety and/or facilities inductions for new starts
  • Liaising with line manager, HR and IT to assist with the requirements for new starts and leavers
  • Assisting with all internal moves, including liaison with service providers and internal business units, arranging crates, printing labels, updating plans/staff lists and porterage
  • Be familiar with security pass set up and the procedures for issue of cards to new starts and have cards programmed for our needs
  • Arranging print card for new starts
  • General Workplace Operations
  • Production and updating of internal signage
  • Responding to general requests from staff & partners (maintenance, porterage etc.)
  • Providing support with general office administration, including the processing of invoices and name/desk plates
  • Assisting with ordering of office equipment and furniture as required
  • Ordering and distribution of catering consumables as required
  • Operation and maintenance of the water bottling machine, ensuring supply of fresh water for all meetings and events
  • Participation in business continuity activities and upkeep of equipment and staff lists
  • Provision of management information as requested by line manager
  • Identifying opportunities for process improvement
  • To undertake other duties as reasonably required by line manager

Person Specification

  • Educated to GCSE or equivalent, including maths and English

Qualifications

  • Educated to GCSE or equivalent, including maths and English

Relevant Experience

  • Relevant experience of working in an office environment within a similar professional services environment
  • Experienced in a customer service/partnering environment; highly customer-focused

Key Skills

  • Ability to work both as part of a team and unsupervised
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to use PC based departmental systems effectively

Personal Qualities / Behaviours

  • Good attention to detail
  • Highly motivated with a ‘can-do’ approach towards all given tasks
  • Adaptable to work in other areas of Facilities operations
  • Understanding of privacy and confidentiality

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Posted: September 21st, 2026