Jessica Bishop

Experience

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  Parkway Electrical Services Ltd

  Jul 2005 - Jul 2006

  Admin Assistant

  Parkway Electrical is a small local company of electricians. This was my first full time employment and from my time at Parkway I developed all basic skills for an administrative based role: answering the telephone and being the main port of call, Invoicing Customers, supporting and assisting the Managing Directors on a daily basis.

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  BULLIVANT LAW LIMITED

  Dec 2006 - Oct 2013

  Bullivant Law Ltd is a government funded, medium sized, city based firm of criminal defence lawyers. I started at Bullivant Law as an Administration Assistant & progressed to acting Office Manager.Office Manager (Jul 2012- Oct 2013) Overall responsibility for the smooth running of the office; making sure that all office systems are managed and maintained, including staff files, client files, In-house database and office accounts.Maintaining responsibilities of my Assistant Managerial role. Payment of all company invoices.Submission of monthly billing figures to The Legal Services Commission & compiling case bills for private clientele and to The National Taxing Team.Processing salaries for Employees and Freelance Solicitors/ Consultants.Staff administration including holiday and sickness tracking.Experience of managing a team of up to 10 staff members.Updating and maintaining the company website. Show less Monitoring and responding to mail sent to the firms email account.Extensive diary management on a daily basis, instructing Solicitors to represent clients at prearranged and last minute Court hearings and Police interviews. This included compiling a monthly rota and allocating Court/ Police Station attendances to both in-house and freelance Solicitors. Inputting of attendance reports thus generating commissions for staff.Booking & tracking CPD training courses for Solicitors to attend.Arranging office outings/ social events e.g. Christmas office party, staff leaving events etc.Administration support and deputising for my Manager in her absence. Show less

  • Office Manager

    Jul 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Assistant Office Manager

    May 2008 - Jul 2012

  • Administration Assistant/ Receptionist

    Dec 2006 - May 2008
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  Savills

  Nov 2013 - now

  Executive Assistant

  EA to Executive Board Director, also providing PA support to the Head of London Commercial Development. Extensive & proactive diary management/ gate keepingA go-to contact for the London Commercial Development team, actioning and directing queries as appropriate. Liaising with external & internal clients. Organising international and domestic travel & collating travel itinerary packs Inbox managementUpdating data schedules, spreadsheets & reporting at team meetings on a regular basis, identifying areas of concern or improvement.Formatting & preparing report documents and creating PowerPoint pitchesInvoicing & reconciliation of the fee schedule (WIP), managing the teams P&L.Arranging internal team strategy days & social team building outings i.e. Christmas party.Assisting with the organisation of company events, including organising & attending MIPIM international conference (Cannes, France)Maintaining the teams HR records via MyHR computer software In addition to my role I am responsible for coordination and promotion of the UK National Mixed Use Development Group across the UK. I also co-manage the UK Company Alumni membership, including organising the bi-annual Alumni drinks reception for over 300 attendees and producing an annual business update newsletter which was my initiative in order to encourage regular communication with our members. In March 2017 I was promoted to Associate. Show less