Junior Legal Secretary (Corporate) - Manchester
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Junior Legal Secretary (Corporate) - Manchester
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Description
Our thriving Manchester office is looking for a Junior Legal Secretary to join the Corporate Practice Group. We need you to be an organised, professional individual who has a "can do" attitude and willing to go the extra mile to help colleagues at all times.
Description
Our thriving Manchester office is looking for a Junior Legal Secretary to join the Corporate Practice Group. We need you to be an organised, professional individual who has a "can do" attitude and willing to go the extra mile to help colleagues at all times.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.
With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Leeds, London, and Manchester.
The firm is committed to promoting a collaborative and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and workplace culture and development programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.
Our Team
You will be supporting the Corporate Practice Group providing secretarial and administration support. You'll be reporting into the Secretarial Services Manager and will be working alongside Partners and Associates and other Secretaries. Occasionally, you may be expected to provide support to other teams as and when required.
Our Opportunity
In this dynamic and busy role, no two days will be the same. This role would be ideal for someone who has Corporate experience and is currently carrying out administration and secretarial duties within an office environment.
You'll conduct client inceptions, undertake in-depth billing and will deal with payment forms. You will work on some documentation and dictation. You'll be dealing with expenses, arranging travel for the fee-earners and getting involved in the daily tasks of a busy law firm. You will receive full training to enable you to undertake monthly billing.
You will need to keep all client files up to date and make sure all paper and electronic filing is up-to-date. You must have a positive and professional approach at all times.
Once you have successfully completed your probation, you will be able to work remotely one day per week. This will be a set day per week, but some flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the team.
Monday-Friday, 9.00am- 5.00pm. Hybrid working available
You
As this is a varied role, you'll need to be an organised, proactive individual who can easily prioritise. You'll need to have the flexibility to assist other departments when required. You should also be able to use your initiative and spot where help is needed with limited supervision.
You'll need to be a self-starter who is able to juggle priorities.
As you will be dealing with clients of the firm, excellent communication skills are key for this role. Ideally you'll have good knowledge of all Microsoft packages along with strong keyboard skills, and a good eye for detail are a must!
You will have 2 years' experience of working in a professional service firm with some experience in Corporate.
What You Need To Know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our Careers website at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers in the first instance. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, please complete an online application.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our society. We welcome applications regardless of age, neurodiversity, disability, family or parental status, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression or other legally protected characteristics. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply.
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