Legal Secretary (VA596)

We have an opportunity for a Legal Secretary to work as part of a team providing secretarial and administrative support to a group of designated fee earners. 

The successful candidate will work remotely from the UK to support fee earners and Partners in our Bermuda office.

Principal duties will include:

• Typing and other word processing tasks, including PDF editing
• Filing and correspondence duties
• Telephone and conference calls duties
• Diary management and travel arrangements
• Checking and processing business related expense claim forms
• Assisting with conflict checks
• Booking meeting rooms and catering (in Receptionist's absence)
• Checking and proofreading documents and amending as necessary
• Monitoring inbox of designated fee earners in their absence
• Assisting in the creation of new clients / matters on Document Management (DM) system
  

CRM system (Peppermint)

• Adding partner and fee earner contacts and ensuring data is up to date to include accurate profiling of contact
• Adding partner and fee earner marketing & business development (M&BD) activities to contacts list
  

​The ideal candidate will have a good standard of education along with:

• Previous experience with some or all of the above duties
• Proficiency with MS Office applications, including PowerPoint, and Elite (or equivalent)
• ​Good typing speeds and accuracy
• ​Previous experience of working in a legal environment would be beneficial but not essential
• ​Excellent planning and organisation skills
• ​Good written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with the use of CRM systems would be beneficial but not essential
• A flexible approach to assisting colleagues in a multi-team working environment

A secretarial/administration qualification would be advantageous. 

This is a full-time role, with a working pattern set out as below:

• Monday to Thursday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm 
• Friday: 11:00am - 7:00pm

Please click on "Apply Now" to submit a CV for this vacancy.