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SalaryCorporate & Commercial Lead Team Secretary
Our client a well-established law firm in the Top Legal 500 based in Colchester, are looking to recruit a personable and proactive Legal Secretary for their Corporate and Commercial team. This is a growing team the role would suit someone with previous Corporate support experience.
Your experience will also include supporting a team with their marketing and business development activities.
The Role
- To provide secretarial support to four Fee Earners
- Reporting to the Head of department and Senior Partner
- Audio typing using digital dictation, attendance notes, and legal documents
- Document work, preparing and amending large and complex legal documents
- Electronic Diary management , Booking meeting rooms, arranging meetings
- Administration including end to end file management on the CMS partner for Windows
- File review administration, CRM administration, training new joiners and colleagues
- Regular telephone contact with clients and professional contacts
- Assist fee earners in the maintenance of time recording
- File and case management, bill preparation
- Researching and summarising legal information
- Record and assist in the opening and closing of files
- Managing marketing data and liaising with the marketing team
- Maintain the filing system
Experience required:
- Ideally at least 1 years recent Corporate Commercial Law, Banking / Finance or Intellectual property legal secretarial experience essential.
- Experience with Microsoft office , word, outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent communicator and team player
- Able to take ownership of the role with minimal supervision
- Attention to detail, excellent grammar is essential
- Provide proactive administrative support
- Able to prioritise and multitask
- Pre-empt problems and identify solutions
- A pleasant and friendly working environment
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Medical benefits Scheme
- 33 days Holiday entitlement that includes 22 bookable days, Bank Holidays and additional days for the office closure over the Christmas Period
- Full time office based Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
- Extremely competitive salary
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Contact Julie Sheridan at JS Legal Recruitment Ltd, quoting reference JSL2298 OR email now your cv or call for a confidential discussion .
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All successful applications will be responded to within 7 working days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion .
