Legal Secretary

• Support the Partners and other fee-earners with regard to client relationship management, business development and general secretarial support.
• Updating and maintaining key dates in the relevant diaries, as well as co-ordinating events and seminars, in close cooperation with fee-earners.
• Provision of secretarial support to the fee-earners in the team.
• Processing of dictation received from the designated fee-earners along with any work allocated by the team manager or support team manager.
• Case file management and support.
• Creation of correspondence and documentation under direction and on own initiative.
• Maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Adherance to the service levels within the team (especially as required by client service level agreements) and ensure work is completed within these levels at all times.
• Effective liaison with the team manager and support team manager to ensure high quality of service to clients.
• Effective liaison with other support staff to manage workloads efficiently.
• Active progression of one’s own professional development with support from the team manager and support team manager.
• Dealing with confidential client matters.
• Providing assistance with billing and archiving.
• Providing support in relation to case management and IT systems.
• Compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
• Working in accordance with Weightmans’ values.

• Extensive legal secretarial experience who is pro-active and works well in a fast paced environment.
• Fast, accurate typist with good audio typing skills.
• Ability to create and amend large, complicated documents (i.e automatic numbering, track changes etc).
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Good teamwork skills.

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.