Receptionist / Trainee Secretary

Job Title: Receptionist / Trainee Secretary  

Location: Central London

Salary: £26,000 + Good Benefits

Prestigious law firm based in Central London are looking for a receptionist / trainee legal secretary to join their busy support team and front of house, administrative and basic secretarial support. This is an exceptionally friendly and supportive environment and would be ideal if you are looking for your first role in a City firm. The firm provides excellent training and mentoring for you to develop your skills. They are initially looking for someone to provide reception support but as you gain in confidence and skills, they are looking to train the successful candidate to take on some secretarial duties. This will be a varied role but duties will include:

• Providing full administrative support to include filing, faxing, archiving, scanning and photocopying administration support
• Full front of house support including meeting and greeting all clients and visitors and answering the phone
• Managing meeting room bookings and preparing the meeting rooms including booking refreshments, ensuring IT / video links are set up etc.
• Providing basic secretarial support including assisting with overflow typing and dictation and basic document work
• Dealing with incoming and outgoing post
• Maintaining office supplies and stationery levels etc.

It is essential you are educated to A ‘levels or equivalent and/or someone who has completed a legal secretarial course. Although 6 – 12 months administration experience would be a huge advantage, they are also happy to train a college leaver. Excellent communication skills and a professional and enthusiastic manner are also a must. This is a fantastic opportunity to start your career in a London law firm and it’s a really friendly environment with a great team spirit.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details