Legal Secretary

LEGAL SECRETARY - £27-30,000 – 9 MONTH FTC – MILTON KEYNES

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY AT A LEADING INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM.

A leading international law firm are seeking a Legal Secretary to work in the Real Estate department of their Milton Keynes office. This firm provides an exceptional opportunity to utilise pre-existing skills and to grow your career through supporting fee earners and delivering professional administrative, secretarial, and organisational assistance in a fast-paced environment. This position requires previous experience within a professional services environment. The official title of this role is a Practice Support Executive.

LEGAL SECRETARY

The successful Legal Secretary will have several important responsibilities, including:

• Complex travel arrangement and diary management, creation of agendas
• Supervising administrative assistants and ensuring productivity
• Various Document Management tasks, including preparation and archiving
• Acting as initial contact for varying non-legal queries, including liaising with clients and external secretarial teams to ensure correct processes

LEGAL SECRETARY

Essential skills required by the Legal Secretary include:

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft products (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including emails and on the phone
• Demonstrated ability to build effective and trusting relationships with people internally and external to the firm, at all levels
• Self-motivated and client oriented
• Ability to efficiently prioritise and use initiative.

NOTE: Only those with legal right to work within the UK need apply for this position.