Legal Secretary (Corporate/Commercial) - Candidate Source Ltd

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Legal Secretary (Corporate/Commercial) Plymouth, excellent salary

Fantastic opportunity for a Top class Legal Secretary, with highly proficient IT skills and experience of providing a full legal secretarial and administration service such as digital dictation and diary management. We are looking for a self starter who has the ability to calmly manage a varied and demanding workload which includes preparing power point presentations and other marketing materials supporting Company/Commercial fee earners/partners with business development activities.

This is your chance to apply your legal secretarial experience within an award winning, highly rated leading regional law firm at its Plymouth office. The Commercial team provide specialist advice to businesses including commercial contracts/disputes, competition law, IT, and Intellectual Property. The Corporate team has a demonstrable track record for dealing with high value, complex deals both nationally and regionally and are top ranked for Corporate / M&A in the latest edition of Chambers (2011).

Providing high quality secretarial services to Lawyers will come as second nature to you, and you will thrive on meeting their requirements quickly and accurately, adhering to strict standards of service set by such a reputable firm.

The Role:
You will be working as a Legal Secretary, supporting busy and highly regarded Commercial and Corporate teams:

Ensuring all documents and e-mail correspondence is filed and accurately maintained
Preparing Powerpoint documents and other marketing materials to support fee earners/partners with business development activities
Opening, closing and arranging files and applying house styles
Audio and copy typing of memos, correspondence and legal documentation
Handling telephone enquiries
Dealing with monthly billing and amending time narratives as appropriate
Preparing and maintaining client contact lists on the CRM system
Using digital dictation to provide correspondence and documents
Diary management including meetings, travel and social events
Taking a pro active approach to building relationships with clients and their secretaries

This is a varied role that requires great communication skills to liaise with clients and colleagues effectively. You will need to be comfortable handling workloads that deal with sensitive issues.

About you:
To be considered for the role you must have a minimum audio typing speed of 70wpm, with the ability to produce accurate typing by means of digital dictation (and other). High proficiency in MS Office packages specifically Word, Excel and Powerpoint, with experience in preparing Powerpoint documents and marketing materials.

Confident communicator, proactive team worker, client focused and able to build good working relationships with all staff. Attention to detail, excellent organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines is key.

In return you will handle an interesting mix of work and be offered a market leading salary. The firm operate an open culture with an attractive, flexible benefits scheme and provide opportunities to achieve your desired work/life balance. All Secretaries within the Firm are fully supported by a Secretarial Manager. Suitable applicants can look forward to working with the latest technology, including digital dictation systems and case management software. The salary is highly competitive.

The office in Plymouth has a spectacular view across the Barbican and excellent staff facilities, it really is an impressive place to work!
The Firm: A premier South West law firm with offices in Bristol, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth and Truro. The firm is both IIP and Lexcel accredited and holds a Legal Services Commission Specialist Quality mark. They won the highly prestigious Regional Law Firm of the Year award at the British Legal Awards (2011).
Deadline for Applications: Thursday 19th January 2012.
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