Administrative Assistant 2025

Are you looking for a dynamic and supportive work environment where you can grow your administrative expertise? Join our team as an Administrative Assistant and become the backbone of our daily operations.

This is a 3-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of becoming a permanent role for the right person. The position is part-time, working 25 hours per week—ideally from 10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday, though we can be flexible with the hours to suit the right candidate.

The role

In this role, you'll take on a variety of responsibilities, from managing incoming and outgoing mail to organising courier deliveries and booking meeting rooms. With opportunities to train colleagues, maintain an organised workspace, and interact with visitors, this is more than just a desk job—it's a chance to make a meaningful impact every day.

Who we are looking for

• We are looking for administrators with meticulous attention to detail to ensure accurate data entry, efficient file management, and the smooth handling of sensitive documents.
• As well as a keen eye for detail, and enjoy keeping things running like clockwork, proficiency in Microsoft Office including Outlook and Excel and databases, and enthusiasm, reliability, and an adaptable mindset are key.
• The administrative assistants work 34.5 hours a week

What we offer

• Contributory pension scheme
• 5 days additional leave over Christmas
• Permanent health insurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)
• Life assurance
• 23 days annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised sports and social club
• Annual travel and parking loans
• Financial assistance for professional development

Apply today- we can't wait to hear from you!

About Thompsons Solicitors

For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.

Thompsons ran:

• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)
• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).

Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.

Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.

We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won’t let up in its quest for fairness.