Legal Secretary - London, United Kingdom - Career Legal

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title:
Legal Secretary

Department:
Personal Injury (Industrial Disease)

Location:
London

Reporting to:
Partner & Joint Head of the Asbestos & Industrial Injuries Department.

Hours: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Monday to Friday in office. Some flexibility is required from time to time to meet the professional requirements of the role. Also, happy to consider flexibility on start and finish time.

A well-known London based Law Firm are presenting a fantastic opportunity for a Legal Secretary to work under an experienced Partner on a full-time basis.

Overall purpose for this role

This role is to provide Secretary and litigation support to the Partner and Joint Head of the Asbestos and Industrial Disease team.

The Secretary will be expected to.

Provide a reliable and efficient support service to the supervising partner and assist with general administration of caseloads.
Undertake a wide variety of administrative tasks as set out below,
Undertake other adhoc duties as required from time to time.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Creating and editing court documents using Oyez.
Production of electronic bundles to forward on to experts, courts etc.
General administrative duties to include photocopying, faxing, scanning and electronic/hard copy filing on a daily basis.
Research as per partner's instructions e.g. word searches, legal documents, historical records
Accurately follow procedures when opening client files and when preparing files for closing/archiving, efficiently undertaking any file management tasks and updating files when necessary.
Prior experience working for a Law Firm
55 Minimum WPM typing speed
Ideally 3+ Years' experience