Legal Secretary

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Job description

Salary: 25k- 31k (DOE)
Location: Manchester City Centre
Hours: Mon-Fri (hybrid with 2 days WFH)

Full-time, Permanent Position

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic, forward-thinking legal team? Are you passionate about providing exceptional secretarial support in a legal environment? My Client is looking for an experienced legal secretary to join their thriving team. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and time management skills, coupled with a brilliant knowledge of the industry. The role offers a brilliant benefits package, in addition to hybrid working arrangements.

The Key Responsibilities of the Legal Secretary:

1. Support the banking and finance team with general administrative duties.
2. Typing, drafting and producing documents efficiently and accurately.
3. Document management - to include generating documents using Word, Power Point and Excel.
4. Experience completing manuscript amendments.
5. General secretarial tasks that may vary depending on workload and capacity - to include compliance tasks as required.
6. Diary management, ideally including travel and event booking.
7. First class, confident communication skills, both written and verbal.
8. Excellent levels of accuracy.
9. Capability to prioritise and multitask effectively, with good time management and organisational skills.
10. Willing to continually learn and adapt to new procedures.
11. Ability to take initiative and self-motivate.
12. Experience of working under pressure to tight deadlines while remaining calm.
13. Always demonstrate discretion and maintain absolute confidentiality.
14. IT skills - Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, dictation, typing, formatting and editing PDF documents.

The Key Requirements of the Legal Secretary:

1. At least two to five years' previous legal secretary experience is essential.
2. Experience within a professional services environment is highly desirable.

The Successful Candidate will Receive Excellent Benefits:

1. Competitive remuneration package with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.
2. Wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform.
3. Comprehensive rewards package including options covering annual leave, cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan, and many more benefits (grade dependent).
4. Perks At Work/Home, including retail benefits and a Community Online Academy offering free courses.

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