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We are delighted to be working with one of the UKs most established law firms with their recruitment of a Corporate Secretary based in Leeds.
This role is 37.5 hours per week, working Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm, with the opportunity for hybrid working, three days in the office, two at home.
Salary of £27,964 - £30,429 dependent on experience.
Applicants are required to have a Corporate or Commercial law background and have recent secretarial experience within a busy law firm.
Whats in it for you:
- Holiday entitlement linked to continuous length of service:
- Up to 4 years 25 days
- Upon 4 years 26 days
- Upon 5 years 27 days
- Upon 10 years 28 days
- Opportunity for hybrid working
- Workplace pension offering up to 6% matched contributions
- Life Assurance at 4x annual salary
- Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
- Access to 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Free annual Headspace subscription
- Subsidised city centre parking / annual travel tickets
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Salary sacrifice benefits including holiday purchase offering an additional purchase of 1 working week (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Healthcare Cash Plan via Westfield Health
- Critical Illness Cover
- Benefit Hub Offering vouchers and cashback rewards
- Cycle 2 Work Scheme
Responsibilities:
- Work with Fee Earners to organise workload on an ongoing basis.
- Provide fast and accurate typed material (to include copy/audio typing).
- Maintain Fee Earner diary / be aware of their day-to-day commitments.
- Preparation of inward and outward post.
- Work with clients taking instructions and maintaining information.
- Help completing monthly bills.
- Use precedents as directed and delegated by Fee Earner to prepare and draft documents as directed and supervised.
- Prepare appropriate forms under instruction of the Fee Earner.
- Inputting and submission of time recording.
- Opening files in a timely manner ensuring all relevant money laundering documentation is completed to comply with the SRA.
- Maintain an efficient filing and administration system that allows for prompt retrieval of information and material.
- Document preparation including house style, schedule levels, stripping out and reformatting documents, tables of contents, formulas, track changes and document comparison packages.
About you:
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational and time management skills.
- Proactive, self-motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to work well both individually and as a member of the team.
- Proficient with IT hardware and software including multi-functional devices and Microsoft Office and Outlook.
- Professional and self-confident individual with exceptional communication skills.
- Flexible, reliable, punctual and adaptable.
- Flexible and proactive approach to supporting the department.
If you are interested in this role of Corporate Secretary, click apply now and a member of our team will be in touch!
NRG is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of any protected characteristic. Our aim is to create an environment that encourages diversity, builds on individual differences, and responds equitably to the needs of all. We proactively take steps to fulfill our legal obligations, remove barriers, monitor for fairness, reflect the communities we serve, and enforce a zero-tolerance policy for breaches of our Equality and Diversity policy.
