Legal Secretary

Job Introduction
**DAC Beachcroft **has an exciting opportunity for a **Legal Secretary **to join our **Professional & Commercial Risk (North) team **on a full-time, permanent, hybrid basis in our centrally located Leeds office.

The main purpose of this role is to provide an excellent standard of secretarial support to fee earners across the specified practice. We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven individual who wants to embrace all that the role has to offer and seize the opportunity to work in a stimulating and welcoming environment.

The secretarial team in P&CR have a hybrid work pattern which means the week is split between office and home based work, with the standard working hours being 9am - 5pm each day.

The Professional & Commercial Risk teams located across 4 locations in the North. The Leeds P&CR team consists of 6 Partners, 3 Legal Directors, 12 fee earners and 2 paralegals supported by 3 secretaries.

The team provide expert legal advice to clients across an engaging mix of professional disciplines including Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions, Directors and Officers, Cyber, Warranty and Indemnity, and Construction. As a member of our team you will play an active part in the continued growth and success of the team in collaboration with the wider practice in the North, nationally and internationally. We act for all the main Insurance companies and Insured professionals in the supply chain. We deal with the full spectrum of Insurance work from Policy cover, recovery and strategic advice to Insurers

We are happy to talk flexible working and have in place a Flex-forward working scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Main Responsibilities
**_ Financial:_**
- Assist with departmental billing processes and look to develop ways of improving invoice delivery
- Take ownership of billing and account queries and work with fee earners and support teams to resolve these
- Maintain spreadsheets and assist with monthly MI report completion
- Log with accounts expert/counsel disbursements onto Chrome River

**_Administrative:_**
- Prepare and create client reports and documents for fee earners
- Experience using one/all of: Onedrive, Sharefile and Dropbox for the safe exchange of client information is essential
- Create new case files as appropriate and support the paperlight DACB message
- Electronic filing correspondence and relevant documentation retained in client files/case management systems
- Photocopying and scanning as and when required by the team
- Prepare paper and electronic bundles as required
- Manage fee earner diaries, booking day to day appointments and making travel arrangements
- Assist in organising client events as and when required
- Prepare correspondence and documents from digital dictation as and when required
- Dealing with submission of fee earner expenses

**_Communication:_**
- Respond to client queries on a day to day basis, drafting responses for fee earner review
- A secretarial NVQ / Diploma or equivalent would be beneficial but is not essential
- Previous experience within a legal environment is preferred, insurance background welcomed
- An ability to use accounts packages and get involved in queries for the team and work with accounts
- Must have good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft packages
- An excellent eye for detail with a concern for quality and accuracy
- A focused client service approach
- Team orientated and collaborative with a flexible, can do attitude
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing
- Demonstrable ability to multitask and prioritise a full workload under pressure with the ability to work independently.

About The Company
We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients - from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.

**Working with us**

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model,