Legal Secretary

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited ,
Bristol, Bristol
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Job Type: Full-time

Overview

A Legal Secretary job in Central Bristol, for a salary of up to £28,000. Your new role Reporting to one of the eight Partners in the Corporate Team based in the Bristol office, supporting a number of fee earners. Assisting the Partner to whom you report on a daily basis, including calendar, meeting, call and email management and travel management, internally and with clients, as well as general admin support. Providing daily admin and document support to other allocated members of the team as part of the team secretarial allocation. Creating/amending complex agreements and documents for corporate transactions, often to a tight timescale and including manuscript and locally saved comments from a number of fee earners. Ability to housestyle documents as well as formatting documents. Updating Critical Dates Diary on a rotation basis, Statutory Books Register and Deeds Index. Ability to deal with large quantities of invoices each month end from partners. Use of SOS Connect is also required to produce and re-format billed time, unbilled time and ledger breakdowns, third party invoices, crediting and reissuing invoices as instructions change and arrange high value transfers by TT and BACS from client account to clients, often preparing Excel spreadsheets to calculate proceeds payable to multiple parties. Reconcile expenses. What you'll need to succeed You will need to have significant amount of experience as a Legal Secretary and can support 4-5 fee earners. You will also need the following skills: Strong IT systems skills are essential, including strong Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills. A strong knowledge of SOS Connect billing is essential Experience of Outlook for Emails and Diary Management. Excellent communication skills with a good, confident, telephone manner and client care expertise are essential. Accuracy, sound organisational skills and attention to detail are required. Ability to be flexible managing tasks and variable workload daily is also essential. What you'll get in return You will receive a salary of up to £28,000 plus 25 days annual leave which will increase to 30 days with length of service. In addition, you will receive access to extensive range of benefits. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

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