Legal Secretary - City of London, United Kingdom - Reed Business Support

Reed Business Support

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City of London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you have 2-3 years Legal secretarial experience?

Are you looking to take the next step in your Legal Secretarial career?

Are you highly organised and with excellent communication and administration Skills?

_HYBRID ROLE - 2 Days in the office and 3 days from home. Based in the City of London._
This client works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people, their brand and their future

We call it:
Ideas. People. Possibilities.

With offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Hong Kong, they are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct for their unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutionsto complex, multijurisdictional business challenges.

The client has more recognised experts in employment than any other UK firm.

With over 150 lawyers, The Clients employment and immigration team offers an unrivalled service supporting clients, including many of the world's leading businesses, on their HR, employmentand immigration law needs domestically and internationally.

Experienced at working at a high secretarial level
Good understanding of how a law firm operates.
Have a professional manner and firstclass communication skills.
Highly organised with excellent administration skills.
Demonstrate a proactive approach to their work and be able to work on their own initiative
Enjoy working in an engaged team environment.
Have a flexible nature and a cooperative and keen attitude

Responsibilities

Providing first class support to allocated partners and associates within the Employment, Immigration and Reward division (EIR).
Producing accurate and timely legal documentation and correspondence
Handling administrative duties on behalf of allocated partners and associates
Be the first point of contact for colleagues and clients, dealing with them efficiently and appropriately
Build a working knowledge of the legal area of expertise of allocated partners and associates.
Coordinate billing/credit control and accounting matters relating to clients of allocated partners and associates.
Maintain allocated partners' and associates' diaries by liaising with them on a regular basis
Schedule internal and external meetings, ensuring that all arrangements are in place and any required materials and documentation are prepared in good time.
Assist with marketing activities as required including liaising with the Marketing team and assisting with the preparation.
Assist with the preparation of client correspondence and documents as required.
Answer the telephone in a helpful and professional manner, dealing with queries
Develop a sufficient knowledge of the division's work to be able to work with any of the partners and associates.