Job Details

Owen Reed are recruiting for a Junior Legal Secretary to join a top law firm in London.  The Junior Legal Secretary will join the Disputes Team and report to the Departmental Secretarial Manager.

The Junior Legal Secretary must be extremely organised, proactive and provide a high level of professional support to allocated Fee Earners as well as other members of the Department. The Junior Legal Secretary must be highly motivated, display outstanding attention to detail and have the ability to multitask with ease.  
 
Responsibilities of the Junior Legal Secretary
•Effective diary management
•Provide excellent service to clients, both internal and external
•Act as a first point of contact for Fee Earners
•Provide assistance in the delivery of marketing communications, and records
•Recognise, respect and honour client confidentiality at all times
•Create typed work of a high quality, formatting in accordance with house style
•Make effective use of the Document Management System
•Create new documents from the Firm’s templates
•Proof-read all documents for spelling, grammar and sense, querying wording where appropriate
•Maintain regular file management, to ensure all files are up to date, closed and archived
•Keep accurate records of all files sent to off-site storage
•Prepare bills
•Carry out conflict searches and correctly identify the work type with supervision
 
For more information on the role, please contact Lauren Quarrington