Job Description
Evening Legal Secretary
Our leading US law firm client is seeking an Evening Legal Secretary. This role requires someone to be in the office 5 days per week and includes a paid taxi home – the successful candidate will provide secretarial and document production service to all legal and support personnel within the London office.
* Salary to £67,000 (pro-rated)
* Optional start time of 16:00 or 16:30
* 6-hour working day (Monday-Friday)
* Paid taxi home
* Market leading benefits including 33 days annual leave
* Stunning City office location near to Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street
Evening Legal Secretary Key Responsibilities:
* To provide timely and accurate word processing of text, data and graphic files to lawyers, trainees and other personnel, utilising an advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.
* Create documents via scanner, new input or conversion, including heavy document clean ups and editing using styles and Innova.
* Input, format, and revise documents according to lawyer instructions and the firm’s guidelines.
* Create flow charts, tables, tables of contents and indexes, with the ability to create and edit documents in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
* Carry out thorough proof reading and quality checks on all completed work.
* Amend and edit Adobe PDF files and convert documents to Word where required.
Evening Legal Secretary Skills & Requirements:
* Minimum of five years’ previous secretarial or document production experience.
* Experience working with large volumes of documentation.
* Strong working knowledge of Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe, Visio and Paint.net, with training provided where needed.
* Ability to guide, advise and instruct colleagues on the use on in-house styles and formatting.