Are you a professional Personal Assistant? Eager to assist at the highest board level? Aspiring to be able to make an optimal and meaningful contribution for a longer period of time? In favor of an independent, leading and internationally oriented Dutch law firm? With room for your further professional development? At a beautiful office location in Amsterdam? And do you recognize yourself well in the profile outlined below? Then we would like to receive your application including CV, brief motivation, salary indication and photo before Monday August 16, 2021, via maartje.smeenk@smeenks.com.

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VACANCY: PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT SR. PARTNER HOUTHOFF, AMSTERDAM (30 HOURS)

   Your employer

Houthoff is an independent, leading and internationally oriented Dutch law firm. With its own offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, London and New York, this renowned organization advises and supports a large national and international clientele with the most complex and critical problems. You can think of the full spectrum of organizations, practice areas, sectors and subjects. From listed, private equity to government and from arbitration, privacy & data protection to healthcare, real estate and climate risk and sustainability. With representatives in Greater China, Houston, Singapore and Tokyo, special regional teams for China, Japan, Korea, Latin America and Europe, complemented by the exclusive membership of Lex Mundi, Tech Law Group and its own network of International Friends, Houthoff guarantees excellence, expertise and quality worldwide. Every day, approximately 600 employees realize the overarching mission “Two worlds, one ambition”. This way, achieving the best results for their clients, every day. For a versatile and renowned Sr. Partner based at the Amsterdam location, business home to approximately 300 employees and a large number of staff members, we are looking for a professional, decisive and connecting Personal Assistant!

Core values

The collective values that give this organization its unique identity and define what it stands for and how it works are: diversity, pragmatism, passion for innovation and a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The organization can further be characterized as professional, dynamic, enthusiastic, agile, international and internal, informal. Short lines of communication, clear agreements at every level, close cooperation, mutual respect and the realization of a high quality standard are a common thread in all her thoughts and actions.

Terms of employment

Good terms of employment and fringe benefits, based on 30 hours per week. Among others, a 13th month, commuting allowance and 26.5 vacation days, based on fulltime employment. In addition, Houthoff offers space for your further professional development and many internal events, including drinks and sporting events.

   The role

Together with a sr. PA, you primarily support a Partner, who is a lawyer, performs supervisory functions and teaches regularly. The Partner advises at boardroom level and is specialized in public-private regulation and corporate governance. This includes research issues and advice on the effects of proposed legislation and procedures, with a much-discussed practical example being the liquidation of Vestia’s €20 billion derivatives portfolio. You and your colleague each have their own basic responsibilities and replace each other during absence. Secondary, you also support the Partner team-wide, for example in organizing and taking minutes of Quarterly Team Meetings including follow-up monitoring, project management and in preparing, planning, organizing and coordinating side activities. Together with your closest colleague, you ensure that the overall support of ‘your’ Partner runs smoothly! There is a strong focus on proactivity, monitoring progress, thinking along and ahead and identifying, initiating and coordinating actions to be taken.

As to your activities, you can think of:

• Providing support in ongoing investigations and proceedings;
• Studying processes and regulations;
• Researching legal and other background information;
• Managing expense flows and compliance-related issues;
• Taking care of project management;
• Joint calendar and time management;
• Developing and maintaining the administrative structure and, where possible, increasing office efficiency;
• Preparing, planning, organizing, coordinating and taking minutes of meetings (Team Meetings, 1x per quarter) and managing side activities from A-Z;
• Follow-up control of action points and decisions;
• Drafting and editing concepts and providing presentations;
• E-archiving;
• All other, broad Partner and project support activities.