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An excitingLegal Secretaryopportunity on a long term contract basis has arisen at the stunning offices of our client,one of the UK'stoplawfirmswhere you will beproviding support to fee earnerswithin thehighly collaborative, busyCommercial Real Estateteam. Your lynchpin role will be varied with no day being the same, and will encompasstaking ownership of processesto ensure various legal secretarial and administrativesupporttasks are completed on time for a wide range of clients ensuring a high level of service.
As aLegal Secretaryyour new role will involve:
- Working alongside business support teams (e.g. document production) internally to ensure tasks are completed to deadlines
- Acting as a key point of contact for clients, building strong relationships
- Complex diary management and setting up meetings, calls and appointments
- Assisting with preparation for meetings and follow up on behalf of fee earners
- Preparing pitches, presentations and client materials for business development purposes
- Maintaining up to date information on the CRMsystem
- Producing financial reports and supporting with billing activities
- Building relationships both with internal stakeholders
- Helping to plan events
I am very interested in speaking with candidates who have experience working as aLegal Secretary, or Secretary(from within a professional services environment)supporting multiple fee earners / professionals, and who have a background supporting within a Commercial Real Estate team - including dealing with engrossment documents and Land Registry processes. Apassion for empathetic client care and adaptability, along with the ability toprioritise your own workloadand solidproof reading, accuracy and IT skills (MS Office)are important for this Legal Secretary opportunity.Experience / knowledge of BigHand or Peppermint would be attractive but isn't essential.
Salary for this position is c. 40,000 to 45,000 (depending on level of experience).
Please note: This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract position.
Benefits include: hybrid working, life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.
The company's stunning offices areonly a short walk from Victoria train station in London, and there are bus routes close by as well.
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
