Secretary Law Firm

6 days ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Ward Hadaway Full time

We're looking for an experienced Secretary to join our growing Private Client team in Newcastle. Your role will be to provide secretarial support to the fee earners within the team, in the provision of a wide range of legal services and you will be based in the office on a full time basis.
Working in conjunction with the Partners and fee earners, you'll organise and prioritise workloads on an ongoing basis, helping to maintain diaries and identify potential scheduling conflicts as and when they arise
Providing administrative and secretarial support, including correspondence, e-filing, billing, and diary/booking management
Preparing, amending, and finalising legal documents as directed by fee earners
Liaising with clients, intermediaries/contacts, and taking instructions under the supervision of and as directed by fee earners
Previous experience working as a Legal Secretary (ideally within private client), and you'll be keen to develop and learn additional legal skills
Fast and accurate typing skills and a strong attention to detail
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other IT packages, including document management systems
Experience of document preparation, including house style, schedule levels, stripping out and re-formatting documents, table of contents, formulas, track changes, and document comparison packages

We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities.

We’re committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we’re always striving to improve. We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that’s right for you – now and in the future. An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
~25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
~ A range of health and wellbeing benefits
~ We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.

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