Litigation Legal Secretary

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
London
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
Job description
Legal Secretary - Litigation
London Central
Salary Negotiable

A fantastic, Top 100 firm in London, known to us as a client for many years, is keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Litigation team. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators, and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in London Central.


Duties and Responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Litigation:
  1. Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Litigation Department.
  2. Extensive diary management and organizing complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners.
  3. Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles.
  4. Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development.
  5. Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support.
  6. Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines.
  7. Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contributes to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes.
  8. Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order.
  9. Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task's status.
  10. Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks.
  11. Collaborates with team members on team processes, procedures, and solutions - ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these.
  12. Actively participates in team meetings.
Skills Required:
  1. Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary.
  2. Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools.
  3. IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams.
  4. Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing.
  5. Exemplary document management and filing.
  6. Excellent telephone manner.
  7. Excellent organization and prioritization skills.
  8. Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions.
  9. Experience of delegating to and training junior team members.
The firm is offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement, bonus scheme, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near London Central, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to rio@douglas-scott.co.uk.
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