Legal Secretary

LEGAL SECRETARY - EMPLOYMENT (PART TIME)

READING

SALARY DOE

Our well-established client has a great opportunity for a part-time Legal Secretary to join their fast paced but friendly Employment team based at their Reading office.

You will be responsible for providing full support to our Fee Earners in the Employment department, as well as delivering an excellent service to both internal and external stakeholders. The current vacancy is for three days per week, Wednesday to Friday.

Experience/ Attributes required;

Essential

· 3 + years’ experience working in a secretary/ senior administrative role.

· Experience working in a legal environment

· Work effectively in a team and on your own.

· Possess outstanding interpersonal and communication (verbal & written) skills.

· Exceptional prioritising/organisational skills

· Good attention to detail and the ability to use your initiative.

· Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.

· Extensive experience in Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point & Excel

· Experience with dealing with financial and client account queries.

Desirable

· Employment experience not essential but would be advantageous.

· Ideally experience in case management systems

· Previous Legal Secretary or Legal PA experience

· Excellent knowledge of Elite accounts package

Work type:

· Producing accurate documentation, reports and correspondence following standard office practices and precedents

· Supporting the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks

· Managing diaries of fee earners as required and coordinating meeting logistics.

· Inserting and amending key court dates

· General administration, filing, answering telephone calls, following up work via telephone or email on behalf of group fee earners

· Proof reading and formatting presentations

· Producing billing guides and timecards

· Sending invoices and liaising with clients in regard to queries

· Producing spreadsheets as required to accompany invoices; time modify; monitor disbursements and arrange for payment to third party suppliers as necessary; monitor debtors list.

Benefit

Contractual (pro rata)

· 25 days holiday

· Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution and the employee pays 4%

· Life Assurance - 5 x final salary

Non-Contractual (pro rata)

· Travel season ticket loan scheme

· Cycle to work scheme

· Weekly wellbeing hour

· Birthday off

· 1 x 8-hour charity day

· Bring your dog to work

· Shopping discounts and Medicash