Secretary (Real Estate and Housing Litigation) - Leeds, United Kingdom - Walker Morris

Walker Morris

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

A busy and friendly team need some support and organisation skills to provide a great service to their clients. It's hybrid working, from home and in our great offices in Leeds City Centre.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Diary management, including the daytoday organisation and management of fee earners' diaries, coordinating schedules, meetings and appointments and arranging meetings, including managing room and refreshment bookings and ensuring appropriate notifications are sent to the relevant people. Appropriate planning for fee earner absences both planned and unplanned.
File management, including opening, closing, archiving and retrieving files in accordance with Walker Morris procedures. To carry out regular filing of either hard copy or soft copy clientrelated correspondence and other documentation.
Assisting with onboarding clients, including preparing client and matter letters and liaising with the client to ensure antimoney laundering and know your client requirements are met.
Helping to conduct file reviews and other compliancerelated tasks.
Typing and general word processing, including audio and copy typing, the preparation and production of documents, correspondence, bills/invoices, forms and checklists in keeping with Walker Morris house style. Preparing mail and enclosures for dispatch. Using different software packages and databases.
Providing general administrative support.
Providing help and guidance to new secretaries and temporary secretaries as required and providing secretarial and administrative support to other departments in the firm as required.

What we're looking for:

Experience of working within a similar position at a similar level is preferred but not essential. Good working knowledge of secretarial and office procedures. Legal secretarial experience would be an advantage.
PC literate with knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Excellent interpersonal skills and telephone manner and a high standard of written English.
Ability to organise, plan, prioritise and meet deadlines
Ability to work confidentially and on highly confidential matters; respecting and maintaining the confidentiality of all information relating to Walker Morris and client matters.