Litigation Legal Secretary

Posted 13 days 20 hours ago by Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment

£35,000 - £45,000 Annual
Permanent
Not Specified
Secretarial & PA Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Legal Secretary - LitigationLondon CentralSalary Negotiable A fantastic, Top 100 firm in London, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Litigation team. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in London Central. Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Litigation:
  • Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Litigation Department
  • Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
  • Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
  • Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
  • Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
  • Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
  • Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
  • Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
  • Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task's status
  • Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
  • Collaborates with team members on team processes, procedures and solutions - ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these
  • Actively participates in team meetings
Skills Required:
  • Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
  • Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
  • IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
  • Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
  • Exemplary document management and filing
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
  • Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement, bonus scheme, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near London Central, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to