Legal Secretary - Maternity Cover

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About

The Role

We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised Legal Secretary to join our Cardiff office initially as a maternity cover contract (9-12 months), with the role potentially becoming permanent for the right candidate. This is a key role that ensures the smooth running of our day-to-day operations within the Corporate & Debt Team and provides outstanding support to the team of fee earners.

About

The Role

We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised Legal Secretary to join our Cardiff office initially as a maternity cover contract (9-12 months), with the role potentially becoming permanent for the right candidate. This is a key role that ensures the smooth running of our day-to-day operations within the Corporate & Debt Team and provides outstanding support to the team of fee earners.

Responsible For

• Providing full secretarial, PA and administrative support to a team of fee earners
• Preparing and formatting correspondence and legal documents
• Maintaining accurate documentation and filing systems
• File opening/closing
• Supporting and coordinating client billing
• Dealing with emails/correspondence, calls and enquiries
• Photocopying and scanning documents and managing incoming post
• Diary management, planning and organising meetings, travel and accommodation and lunches

• Legal secretarial or PA experience
• Excellent IT skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Commitment to providing excellent service
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task, prioritise a high-volume workload and work to deadlines
• Ability to work well under pressure, adapt to changing requirements and see opportunities for improvement
• Flexible ‘can do’ approach with the ability to work proactively, use own initiative and offer solutions
• Team- focus with a flexible and collaborative approach to working with others, but also able to work alone
• Confidence to communicate with all levels in order to manage expectations and maintain effective working relationships
• Demonstrates the Company values.

• Flexible working You will have the ability to work between home and the office as required.
• Health and wellbeing Cycle to work scheme, in-person and virtual yoga, subsidised on-site weekly chiropractor visits, wellbeing events and our 'Time to Move' scheme, offering colleagues time to simply get away from their desks and much more.
• Career development opportunities We are a fast-growing and ambitious firm. We appreciate and value your ambition too. We offer a supportive career development programme, and promotion opportunities twice a year for our lawyers.
• Excellent rewards and benefits Competitive pension scheme, annual leave entitlements, comprehensive health plan, life assurance, option to buy/sell annual leave, recognition scheme, Chef onsite – free lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays, shower facilities onsite, regular social events, and lots more.
• A great location and working environment Cardiff is a fantastic place to live and work. Our office, in the city centre, is right in the middle of it all, yet only a short drive from some of the best of the Welsh countryside.

• Seniority level
  
  Entry level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Law Practice

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