Legal secretary (part-time)

Legal Secretary (Part-time)


An elite leading global Law Firm with stunning city offices is seeking to hire a Part-time Legal Secretary to join their Tax team in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing a variety of secretarial and administrative duties for a Partner and Attorney’s.


* Competitive Salary plus excellent benefits inc. on-site meals and coffee shop daily!
* Working hours (Monday – Wednesday) 9.30am – 5.30pm
* Stunning offices & excellent location


Legal Secretary (Part-time) Key Responsibilities:


* Utilises the Firm’s computer systems and software applications.
* Follows the Firm’s document processing methods and procedures, creates, spell checks, edits and proofreads work product to ensure accuracy and completeness.
* Transcribes from handwritten materials and (if applicable) dictation.
* Establishes and maintains calendar and deadline reminder systems.
* Organises and prioritises telephone calls, mail, documents and projects.
* Deal with incoming/outgoing mail as appropriate.
* Schedules and organises activities such as meetings, conferences, departmental activities.
* Books travel/accommodation arrangements, prepares itineraries and follows up on travel expenses to process for payment.
* Maintains e-filing and management of inboxes, and records management systems.
* Opens new files, maintains all client and general files. Conducts periodic review for possible storage of older files; prepares files to be closed.
* Updates client contacts regularly using Client Relationship Management system (CRM).
* Ensures that attorneys weekly timesheets entries are dealt with in a timely manner.
* Prepares legal documents and provides administrative support for partners and attorneys to whom assigned.


Legal Secretary (Part-time) Key Skills and Requirements:


* Proven legal secretarial experience in order to gain an understanding of law office policies and procedures and produce accurate legal documents with minimal supervision.
* Excellent English language and grammar skills.
* Ability to transcribe legal documents, correspondence and reports from rough draft or dictation at a level of 70 wpm.
* Ability to organise and prioritise numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
* Ability to proofread typed material for grammatical, typographical or spelling errors.