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CONSTRUCTION LEGAL SECRETARY
BIRMINGHAM CITY£28K - £32K
We are recruiting for a Construction Legal Secretary for a Legal 200 law firm in Birmingham City. This is a great opportunity to join a professional, friendly team and provide key legal services. The firm are offering a Hybrid working arrangement, and 25 days holiday + bank holidays.Key Responsibilities:
- Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Construction Department
- Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
- Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
- Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
- Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
- Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
- Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
- Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task's status
- Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
- Ad Hoc secretarial duties
Requirements:
- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary in Property
- Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
- Exemplary document management and filing
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
- Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading law firm who offer excellent working environment and benefits. Please send your CV to , or apply within for immediate consideration.
