Legal Secretary - Corporate Commercial or Property Litigation
Location: Bristol
Hours: full time, 35 hours
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000
My client, a well-respected, leading law firm, are recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join their Corporate Commercial and Property Litigation teams based in central Bristol.
We are seeking somebody that can support a team of fee earners, including partners. The role will include:
- Answering email and telephone queries, redirecting as appropriate to the necessary Fee Earner for review
- Producing letters and legal documents using and amending precedent documents in line with the Fee Earners requirements
- Diary management, ensuring appointments are accurately scheduled and catered for, this could include setting up telephone conferences or ensuring meeting rooms are booked for client visits
- Ensuring electronic and/or paper files are updated to maintain an accurate document and accessible set relevant to each project
- Working with the team to support the administrative functions in progressing a project beginning to end; from first meetings, through regular reporting on project scope, costs and billing through to project conclusion and the ongoing relationship between the client and the firm.
Candidates will need to have experience working as a Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant, ideally within Corporate Commercial or Property Litigation, and will be used to working as a team to deliver multiple projects. If you're used to working under pressure and would like to work with a dynamic team that deals with an interesting and varied workload for a wide range of clients this could be the role for you.
By joining you will become part of a supportive, inclusive firm. With a new world of working flexibly, you can expect that you will be able to work between home and the office. My client also offers a great working environment, with hot desking available for when you're in the office and plenty of social/networking events to get involved with.
In return for your hard work you can expect to receive a variety of benefits which can be tailored around the requirements for you and your family including; Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health checks and much more.