The Firm
An award-winning, Legal 500 law firm are seeking a Legal Secretary to support their highly successful Corporate and Commercial team in their London office.
The Opportunity
The successful Legal Secretary will provide efficient, proactive and professional secretarial and administrative support to a range of Fee Earners. You will need be confident in managing a full workload, working to tight deadlines and be able to work well under pressure. Duties to include:
- File opening, billing and file closing
- Formatting legal documents
- Ongoing management of team members' diaries and Outlook calendars
- Organising various internal and external meetings
- Room bookings and organising refreshments
- Assisting with setting up meeting rooms for large meetings and events
- Organising travel for the team (UK and international)
- Taking minutes of meetings
- Coordinating conference calls for the team
- Distributing documentation internally and externally, electronically or hard copy
- Delegating large copying/printing jobs to Office Services team
- Assisting with the ongoing management and reduction of aged WIP & debt, liaiasing with Heads of Department/Fee Earners and Credit Controller
- Drafting invoices for review
- Assisting and managing the team's IT queries/issues, to include liaison with internal IT support and the Software Training & Application Advisor (and if necessary, the firm's external IT provider)
- Assisting the Fee Earners with preparing Court bundles/Client bibles
This Legal Secretary opportunity is a full time, permanent role, working Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 5:30pm.
The Requirements
- Previous experience as a Legal Secretary within a law firm
- Previous experience supporting a Corporate and Commercial team (essential)
Vacancy Highlights
- Hybrid working (50/50)
To be considered for this opportunity please contact Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion.
Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.
We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.
PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.