Legal Secretary

Our fantastic UK law firm client is currently looking for a Legal Secretary to join their Commercial Real Estate department on an initial 6 month FTC, the main focus of the role is to provide secretarial support, centrally, to a group of Senior Associates, Associates and Trainees. The role requires excellent organisational, communication and prioritisation skills and the ability to juggle conflicting demands and deadlines.  Standard hours will be 9:30am to 5:30pm with a salary of £35,000.

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to taking ownership of, and managing, the workflow from the team and delegate/work with central support departments as appropriate, proactively and accurately monitoring/overseeing inboxes on team’s behalf, during absence, as agreed with (e.g. Associates), proactively and accurately monitoring/overseeing calendars, set up all meetings and related logistics, and ensure all arrangements are made (rooms booked, and calendars updated with changes), preparing, editing and proofreading all work, adhere to house-style with attention to detail and a focus on quality, work closely and effectively with Executive Assistants, central teams and in collaboration with other Legal Secretaries, providing support in cases of holidays and absences, responding to tasks promptly and manage deadlines, to ensure expectations are managed, be an effective and professional point of contact, to include managing telephone calls, taking accurate messages and being an ambassador both internally and externally for team, managing/co-ordinating billing and compliance processes on behalf of team, to include generating bills, working closely with, and supporting, Client Administrators where necessary to ensure billing/CMI processes are followed correctly in accordance with requirements, ensuring expense claims are submitted in a timely manner.

Candidates must have prior experience working as a Legal Secretary within a Commercial Real Estate team as well as advanced knowledge of MS Office applications and be immediately available.

Do you have prior experience as a Legal Secretary within a Commercial Real Estate department?

Do you have advanced knowledge of MS Office applications?

Are you immediately available?