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Legal Secretary - City - Up to £52,000 FTE
Wise May are looking for a Legal Secretary for a progressive Law firm, the company are based in a vibrant office in the City.
This is a great opportunity to join a diverse team who reward hard work.
Duties to include:
- Full secretarial support
- Drafting of correspondence and documents (usually to tight deadlines), reformatting into WGM house style, including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
- Filing, document management, opening new matters and archiving
- Diary management, coordinating internal and external meetings
- Maintaining contact information, collating lists of parties for specific deals
- Email management and archiving of emails
- Encouraging fee earners to keep up to date with DTE, inputting DTE information as provided by fee earners
- Organising attendance at seminars, work related travel, accommodation etc
- Organising/assisting with department events and client/marketing events
- Other ad hoc tasks when required
Skills:
- High level of ability on all applications, including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise
- Strong organisational skills
- Proactive and practical approach
- Good accuracy and attention to detail
- Flexible and approachable attitude
- Confidentiality and discretion
- Team player
- Good telephone manner and communication skills, including the ability and confidence to liaise with clients and employees at all levels
- Candidate must be willing to work outside of normal contractual hours where necessary
Benefits:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
- Income Protection Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- GP Service
- 25 days holiday
- Subsidised Staff Restaurant
- Health Screening
- Annual Well Being Allowance, On-site Gym, Employee Assistance Programme and Season Ticket Loan.
Hybrid working offered
