Legal Secretary - Bristol, United Kingdom - Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Part time

Description

This is a part time (22.5 hours per week) position on a 6 month fixed term contract basis, working Monday to Wednesday of each week, based out of our brand new Bristol office.

About us

Osborne Clarke is a future-focused international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 25 offices around the world*.

Our three-dimensional approach to client service combines legal expertise, in-depth understanding of our clients and the sectors they operate in, together with insight into the global issues that are transforming the landscape of how we live, work and do business: Decarbonisation, Digitalisation and Urban Dynamics.

Looking around corners to help our clients solve legal and business challenges, big and small, and harness the opportunities of change - together we'll be ready for what's next.

We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors.

And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

Key Responsibilities

Provide centrally based cover for our legal teams
Provide effective high level administrative support to the legal teams and business services
Knowledgeable of working practices within each Practice Group
Deal with enquiries from colleagues and provide effective transfer of information
Audio/copy typing
Amend and format legal documentation and initiate/compose direct correspondence
Provide Billing and credit control procedures for lawyers and clients
Supports the production of BD and marketing documents
Involvement in adhoc projects as given by the Business Support Manager
Work to continuously develop effective ways of working within the team and to identify ways of improving working practices
Good time and performance management

Key skills
We are looking for an experienced Legal Secretary or someone who has worked in a similar role.

You'll be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to build an internal network across OC offices, departments and teams.

Other key skills include:

Ability to work under pressure with little supervision
Ability to pay close attention to detail
Experience of being able to work with a workflow management tool
Self motivated and proactive
Calm and collected manner to instil confidence in clients and colleagues
Essential to be organised and be able to prioritise work
Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Workshare, Powerpoint, Interaction etc)

Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

For more information or to apply
No agencies please.
- *Services in India are provided by a relationship firm_

At _Osborne Clarke_ we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks not to mention our great teams are a part of making that a reality._
We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can.

We value the health and wellbeing of our people:

for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.

Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. _
Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future._