Owen Reed is looking to recruit a Legal Secretary for a top law firm in Birmingham on a permanent basis.
* Group: Commercial Services
* Team: Commercial Dispute Resolution
* Location: Birmingham – candidate must be living locally to attend office.
* Office based
* Full time / Perm: 35 hours
Key responsibilities:
* Attend monthly local Partner meetings to take minutes/report as required.
* Extensive diary management, arranging internal and external appointments and associated travel which can include international travel.
* Booking meeting rooms/client suites as required for any meetings across the network of offices
* Processing monthly expenses
* Liaising with all local secretaries to ensure adequate on-site attendance
* Support the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks.
* Assisting the fee earners with financial management e.g. disbursements, client balances, dealing with a range of client specific billing requirements.
* Create the monthly invoices to be issued to the clients.
* Diary management for all fee earners; arranging internal and external appointments and, making arrangements for meetings; booking meetings rooms or external venues as required.
* Proof reading, amending and house styling legal reports and non company documents.