Legal Secretary - Private Client

Placed: 01/12/17
Region: Wiltshire
Location: Salisbury
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

Key responsibilities:

You will be responsible for the provision of full secretarial and administrative support. This includes:

* Comprehensive and proactive diary and travel management, anticipating future demands of team members and actions required.
* Organising and planning meetings, to include coordinating agendas and papers for internal and external meetings, booking travel and arranging for necessary equipment and refreshments
* Managing workflow of typing, making appropriate use of the firm's outsourced service
* Dealing and screening calls, delivering a positive client experience
* Providing sound comprehensive financial administrative support to Legal Advisers; ensuring compliance with legal, firm wide and practice group specific policies and procedures
* Proactive billing and financial support
* Paper and electronic filing

Skills and experience:

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

* Experience of providing secretarial/PA support to senior legal advisers
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisation skills, with the confidence to liaise with senior fee earners within a demanding environment
* A flexible and committed attitude;
* Excellent problem solving skills and initiative
* Strong team ethic; the willingness to take account of others' workloads and offer help
* Good relationship building skills, internal and external

The Firm offer a highly competitive benefits package, competitive salary packages and regular social events. They support staff in progressing their career within the Firm and are committed to offering ongoing learning and development