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Location: London
Job Type: Temp to Contract
Salary: £32k pro rata
Legal Secretary - Corporate - Temp to Contract
SCOPE
Our client is looking for a top class legal secretary to work for a partner and a PSL within their corporate department on a temporary basis initially with the opportunity for the role to become a contract.
They are looking for someone to start within the next few weeks and for interviews to be held on Friday 2nd July.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• To support fee earner administrative activities (for example, bundling, indexing, general organisation etc)
• To support client activities and requirements in a proactive manner, liaising with clients e.g. take messages, pass on information, deal with simple queries, meet and greet and client events
• To prepare client registration documents, engagement/assignment letters, conflicts checks, money laundering and audit Letters, with direction from partner/fee earner
• To manage the production of all documents (even those not typed personally) from initiation to delivery back to the relevant fee earner, involving Document Specialists as required
• To pro-actively manage diaries, arrange meetings
• To undertake e-mail management (manage inbox and file e-mails), ensuring that urgent emails are promptly picked up by fee earners, or forwarded to another fee earner in their absence
• To undertake limited typing i.e. urgent short documents (digital and non digital dictation)
• To make travel arrangements (visas, flights, hotels, dinners)
Qualifications / Skills / Benefits
• Consistently demonstrates secretarial competencies to the highest level in all areas
• Strong technical skills
• Proficient in all software packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Previous professional services sector experience / background
• High level organisational skills