An exciting Legal Secretary opportunity has arisen at the stunning offices of our client, one of the UK's top law firms where you will be providing support to partners and wide team members within the highly collaborative, busy, high performing and ambitious Residential Estates team. Your lynchpin role will be varied with no day being the same, and will encompass both traditional secretarial duties (supporting see fee earners working on complex residential matters e.g. leasehold enfranchisement and asset management, so that they can maximise their time) as well as assisting the team with managing client relationships, coordinating business development activities, and supporting presentations and events.
As a Legal Secretary your new role will involve:
Complex diary management and schedules, setting up meetings, calls and appointments
Preparing, formatting, and amending legal documents and reports
Assisting with preparation for meetings and follow up on behalf of fee earners
Preparing presentations, and material for conferences / speaking engagement
Preparing pitches, presentations and client materials for business development purposes
Maintaining up to date information on the CRM system
Supporting with billing and expenses, and producing financial reports
Working alongside business support teams (e.g. document production) internally to ensure tasks are completed to deadlines
Acting as a key and trusted point of contact for clients
I am very interested in speaking with candidates who have experience working as a Legal Secretary, Legal PA, PA, Personal Assistant, or Secretary (from within a professional services environment) supporting multiple fee earners / professionals, and who have a experience of knowledge of the Long Leasehold Property Market. A passion for empathetic client care and adaptability, along with the ability to prioritise your own workload and solid proof reading, accuracy and IT skills (MS Office) are important for this Legal Secretary opportunity. Experience / knowledge of BigHand or Peppermint would be attractive but isn't essential.
Salary for this position is c. £40,000 (depending on level of experience).
Benefits include: hybrid working, life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.
The company's stunning offices are only a short walk from Victoria train station in London, and there are bus routes close by as well.
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy
Salary description
£38000.00 - £45000.00 per year