Job Description
Float Legal Secretary
Powerhouse US law firm with impressive offices in the City is seeking a Float Legal Secretary on a full-time, permanent basis due to exciting growth in their London office. We’re looking for a resourceful team-player who can work in a progressive fast-paced environment with competing demands, while remaining flexible, proactive, and efficient.
* Competitive salary
* Tremendous employee benefits, including free in-office meals, snacks, and refreshments
* Hybrid working – 4 days office / 1 day WFH
* 09:30-17:30 working hours
Float Legal Secretary Key Responsibilities:
* Follow 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
* 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
* Opens new files, maintains all client and general files
* Ensures that attorneys weekly timesheets entries are dealt with in a timely manner
Float Legal Secretary Skills & Requirements:
* Previous legal secretarial experience within a law firm environment in order to produce accurate legal documents
* Experience floating across many practice areas
* Ability to transcribe legal documents, correspondence, and reports from rough draft or dictation
* Ability to proofread typed material for grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors