Office Assistant - Dublin

Job Introduction

DAC Beachcroft Dublin is looking to recruit an ambitious, organised and proactive Office Assistant to join our busy office in Dublin.  This is an excellent opportunity to work in an in an energetic and dynamic environment where you will learn new skills and develop.

This is a permanent opportunity.  Due to the nature of the role you will be required to work in the office at all times.

Role Responsibility

Reporting to the Office Manager, this is a role providing general office and facilities support to the Dublin office's lawyers and support staff, including:

• Filing / archiving / photocopying / large print jobs / scanning / binding
• Making up briefs for fee earners
• Sorting, scanning and distributing post, including post office deliveries
• Other administrative duties, as required
• Handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols
• Cover for reception and front of house duties including meeting room preparation and refreshments etc.
• Potential to assist in the future with court clerking duties

The Ideal Candidate

• Flexible, can-do approach to work
• Organised and able to prioritise and manage a constantly changing workload
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to make decisions within own areas of responsibility
• Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision
• A co-operative team player who is able to work to tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills with a positive and enthusiastic approach to their work
• Happy to perform repetitive or physically demanding tasks as part of the role detailed above

About the Company

Our culture and approach

If you are planning to apply to DAC Beachcroft, we want you to understand why we are here and how we work together: these things are expressed in our purpose and vision, underpinned by our cultural principles, strategy and brand.

Our purpose is to help our clients and our colleagues succeed, creating sustainable value.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work.

We work collaboratively across our teams and encourage cross-team working so that we can use our expertise to find creative solutions for our clients. 

Our team members are encouraged to develop their own client contacts and relationships from the start of their career with us.  We are proud of our client base, who provide us with repeat business and top-quality instructions.  We also have the backing of a truly international firm further bolstering our capabilities.

We encourage diversity and our relationship with our colleagues is underpinned by our employer brand “A Life That Works”.  Our teams work hard, but we offer genuine flexibility to allow you to meet your personal and work commitments through our Flex Forward initiative. 

We are also a diverse organisation and we continue to strive to be more so, through extensive colleague networks. Our culture and inclusivity underpins an impressive legal pedigree.

About the firm

The Dublin Employment Team is part of our firm’s Global group and part of the wider DAC Beachcroft Employment Pensions and Immigration group. 

DAC Beachcroft Ireland has over 80 employees and is continuing to grow. We are a full service law firm with a diverse domestic and international client base.  We are part of DAC Beachcroft LLP, an international law firm comprising in excess of 2,500 staff and benefiting from the depth and reach of a legal network with coverage across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America. Our clients benefit from the management and quality systems of a truly international law firm.

We are constantly developing our international pedigree, whilst maintaining a strong domestic focus, allowing us to service all our clients to the highest possible standard.

DAC Beachcroft Dublin holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard and in 2013 achieved the Gold Investors in People award.

Application Details

We hope that you will decide to make an application to join us and look forward to discussing how DAC Beachcroft can help you on your career path and how you can help us to continue making our firm a success.

DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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