Legal Secretary
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Job Description
The Role: To provide strong organisational and administrative support to Partners and fee earners.
Job Description:
- Diary management
- E-mail management, checking prioritising and summarising e-mails on a daily basis. Reporting on and creating action points
- Time management
- Task Management
- Drafting correspondence as required
- Organising and attending industry focus group meetings and taking notes
- Comprehensive travel arrangements
- Establishing own administrative systems
- Establishing own information systems
- Establishing relationships with clients and anticipating their needs
- Organises document management, including opening files, archiving and ensures that all relevant documents are filed electronically and paper-based, as required;
- Demonstrates an understanding of the end-to-end billing process and Elite (Financial System). Assisting the lawyers by liaising with billing team, producing the relevant documentation; and Assisting across practice groups/teams whenever he/she has spare capacity/as required.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Will have a strong PA/secretarial background at partner or director level
- Advanced level written and verbal skills
- 70 wpm typing skills
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office
Skills & Knowledge:
- Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Document management system (PC DOCs desirable)
- Audio and copy typing
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Drafting documents autonomously
- Fee/Billing Management
- Ability to deal effectively with difficult people
- Confident with excellent communication skills, ability to relate to people at all levels
- Ability to prioritise tasks and remain calm when working under pressure
- Excellent attention to detail
- Fax, scanner, voice mail, Winscribe and photocopying skills
- General office systems, i.e. filing
- Dictation and creative skills.
The Person:
You will be efficient at managing your own workload and being pro active with the ability to work on own initiative. Adept at proof-reading and quality checks and have a positive attitude wit a practical , common sense approach
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Contact Lesley Directly
- Name: Lesley Wright
- Phone: +44 (0)117 9440 600
- Email: lwright@morganmckinley.co.uk
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