Property Legal Secretary
Leeds – £25,000 - £28,000
Legal Secretary - Property
Leeds
£24,000 - £28,000
A fantastic, top 100 established Leeds firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Property 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 Leeds. The role is an office based position.
Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Property:
1. Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Commercial department.
2. Extensive diary management and organising 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 contribute 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:
13. Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
14. Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
15. IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
16. Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
17. Exemplary document management and filing
18. Excellent telephone manner
19. Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
20. Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
21. Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 20 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Leeds, please get in touch for confidential consideration