Secretary (VA855)

Location:
  • London
Department: Corporate
Experience: ​Previous experience of working as a secretary in a legal environment is essential

We have an opportunity for a Secretary to work as part of a team of secretaries, providing secretarial and administrative support to a group of designated fee earners allowing for fee earners' time to be used more efficiently on client related work. 

This is a full time role, based in our London office.  Hybrid working is available based on Tuesday to Friday in the office and Monday working from home.

Principal duties will include:

Secretarial and Administrative

  • Typing, formatting and other word processing tasks, including PDF editing
  • Filing and correspondence duties
  • Telephone and conference call duties
  • Diary management and travel arrangements
  • Checking and processing business related expense claim forms
  • Assisting with conflict checks
  • Booking meeting rooms and catering (in the Receptionist's absence)
  • Checking and proofreading documents and amending as necessary
  • Monitoring inbox of designated fee earners in their absence
  • Assisting in the creating of new clients / matters on InTapp InTake
  • Adding time for fee earners on InTapp Time
  • Preparing invoices for fee earners in Elite 3E and sending out

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 activities and contacts list

Other duties

  • Pick up work from visiting partners / fee earners via a general secretarial inbox
  • Assisting in Receptionist's absence
  • General office duties as and when required

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

  • Previous experience with some or all the above duties is essential
  • Previous experience of working in a legal environment is required
  • Proficiency with MS Office applications, including PowerPoint, InTapp and Elite
  • Good typing speeds and accuracy are essential

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