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Job Reference: JO0000004887 Date Posted: 13 December 2023 Recruiter: Ryder Reid Legal Location: City of London, London Salary: On Application Sector: Secretarial Job Type: Contract Work Hours: Full Time Job Description Our UK and internal law firm clients regularly require Legal Secretaries with Litigation experience to cover annual leave and staff shortages. These assignments can be short or long term, duties can include, photocopying, scanning, preparing documents, opening new clients matters, maintaining diaries and inboxes, arranging travel and preparing itineraries. If you are a Legal Secretary who is available immediately and is interested in temporary vacancies, please apply now!

Latimer Lee are looking for an experienced legal secretary with experience of working within various areas of law. The role will be to provide secretarial support to the Senior Associate in our Family Department and to support the growing Family team.You will be assisting with a broad variety of administrative tasks, from audio typing, completing court bundles, to filing confidential client correspondence .You will also be dealing directly with clients via telephone, email and face to face whilst ensuring departmental systems and firm-wide procedures are followed. A knowledge of legal procedures, legal forms, good IT skills and excellent communication skills will be essential. Salary is negotiableJob Type: Full-timeSalary: £20,000.00-£23,000.00 per yearBenefits: On-site parkingFlexible Language Requirement: English not requiredSchedule: Monday to FridayWork Location: In person

A leading, top100 law firm located in the heart of Spinningfields, Manchester are currently looking for a legal secretary/ PA to join their Commercial Litigation team. You will be required to provide top quality support to to our busy fee earners, including 3 Partners and 2 Solicitors . In this hybrid role blending secretarial and PA duties, you'll play a pivotal role in the team's success. Key Responsibilities: Efficient administrative support to a team of fee earners, including Partners and Solicitors. Diary management, internal/external meeting scheduling, travel coordination. Monthly invoicing, financial management, and expense claims processing. Assistance with business development strategies, preparing documents, and event support. File management, including client engagement processes, reviews, ledger balances, and archiving. Typical administrative tasks such as document creation, phone queries, filing, and occasional typing. Working as a team with other secretaries in the department, supporting each other to ensure all work is completed, inclusive of covering each other’s phones and diaries, providing holiday and sickness cover as and when required. When you join this leading law firm, you get many benefits including: A minimum of 25 days' annual leave plus office closure between Christmas and New Year A one hour early finish, one Friday per month Two days a year to do charitable work The opportunity to get involved in sports teams and social events Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders Annual promotions process open to all staff If you have strong experience working in a legal secretary/ PA role, please send your CV to [email protected] for immediate consideration!

Superb opportunity for an experienced Legal PA/Secretary to provide secretarial and administrative support to a thriving and friendly Partner and team with a great sense of humour! You must have solid experience of either Family Law or Private Client and most of all be happy dealing with a diverse range of wealthy and influential clients on the phone and in person. Previous experience managing a busy inbox/diary and arranging travel needed. Law Choice is a specialist firm of legal recruiters supplying London’s law firms with a wide range of permanent, contract and temporary legal support staff including legal secretaries and legal PA’s across all practice areas including Corporate & Commercial, Litigation, Property and Real Estate, Employment, Insurance, Private Client, Tax, Family and Intellectual Property. Archives/Records, Reception /Front of House/Marketing/Human Resources or Legal Accounts Legal Document Production; Executive Assistants, EA & PA’s Front of House/Receptionists and client hospitality staff; legal assistants, legal administrators and paralegals; legal risk & compliance; legal marketing and business development staff; legal Finance and legal IT staff; and facilities/archives/office services/clerical staff;

Job Reference: JO0000004691 Date Posted: 12 October 2023 Recruiter: Ryder Reid Legal Location: City of London, London Salary: £45,000 to £48,000 Sector: Secretarial Job Type: Contract Work Hours: Full Time Job Description Our client, a boutique litigation law firm, is looking for a Legal Secretary to join their City based offices on a 12 month FTC. Providing secretarial support to the partners and associates such as arranging travel, accommodation and meetings. Ensuring the proper opening, closing, and maintenance of all legal files; Preparation and processing of legal invoices; Opening new clients and matters on the database system; Carrying out conflict checks; If you are interested in hearing more about this role, please apply.

Job Title Legal Secretary FTC - (IP & Tech) Position Full Time Role Business Services Location London Practice Area/Department Intellectual Property Description The role We are now recruiting a Legal Secretary for our London office. The successful candidate will provide high-quality and efficient Legal Secretarial support to Senior Associates and Associates within our IP & Technology team. Key Internal Relationships Head of Practice Services, partners and fee-earners within the IP & Technology team and secretarial colleagues. Reporting Line The role reports directly to the Head of Practice Services (Tina Lambert) Duties and Responsibilities include but not are limited to the following: Organisation: Diary management of fee-earners as required, using own initiative to arrange meetings and conference calls Checking of fee-earner e-mails as required in their absence; responding where able Booking video/conference calls, meeting rooms and required refreshments, and making lunch and dinner reservations Making simple travel arrangements as required e.g. booking train tickets and collating itineraries Handling telephone enquiries in a professional and polite manner, taking accurate messages and following up on any agreed actions Documents/Correspondence*: Only those which are not mandated for production/collation by DPD or of a length that are typed by individual fee-earners Managing the workflow to DPD, Reprographics etc. as required; proactively taking steps to ensure work is returned within required timescales Amending and formatting agreements/documents as required Short pieces of copy-typing and digital dictation as requiredCarrying out PDF to Word conversions and vice versa Collating all indexing on legal documentation and setting up files as necessary Production of short, less complex PowerPoint presentations as required Proof-reading of all documents to ensure the delivery of work of the highest quality Any general correspondence as may be required from time to time Support of other functions/activities: Insertion of business contact cards into Outlook and InterAction Processing fee-earner expenses on Chrome River in a timely manner Liaison with Business Development, Marketing, Events and Finance Teams with a view to supporting them on specific team-based tasks Knowledge, skills and experience Previous experience of working within a busy corporate environment is essential Excellent client care skills - the ability to deal with queries from internal and external clients in a professional and polite manner Excellent organisational skills - the ability to take responsibility for own tasks and prioritise work in a calm and efficient manner Demonstrate proactivity and the ability to work on own initiative Highly developed time management skills - the ability to work to very tight deadlines while maintaining a high standard of accuracy Highly developed communication skills - the ability to communicate in a confident and professional manner with people at all levels within the business Demonstrate flexibility/adaptability in meeting internal and external clients' demands - in both the nature of the work undertaken and working additional hours as required to complete the task(s) Reliable with a strong work ethic and a 'can-do' approach High levels of IT literacy in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint (although more complex and/or lengthy documents are likely to be undertaken by others in dedicated roles) Highly developed administrative skills with the ability to multi-task under pressure

Nature & ScopeTo provide support to fee earner(s) to enable them to deal with clients efficiently and effectively. Delivers a high level of customer service to clients. Projects a professional image to visitors and telephone callers at all times by greeting, welcoming and directing them appropriately. Works collaboratively with colleagues to facilitate the smooth running of the office.Key Competencies* Customer service focus* Ability to produce work with accuracy* Professional personal presentation* Information management* Organisational skills* Attention to detail* Reliable* Ability to type 50 words per minute* Self-motivation* Ability to work unsupervised* Verbal and written communication* Excellent time keepingKey AccountabilitiesAdministration / Secretarial Work* To provide general administrative support to colleagues where directed by line manager* To prepare correspondence and documents as directed by line manager by audio typing and copy work* To organise post and ensure this is signed by line manager (or as otherwise directed) and ready to be dispatched at the end of each day* To manage the electronic diaries of fee earners as directed by line manager* To manage incoming post and filing (hard copy and electronic) as directed by line manager* To manage files so that the documents are readily accessible* To ensure that confidential information is not passed on to third parties without the permission of line manager* To handle information in a manner consistent with the firm’s policies relating to data protection and information securityHandling inbound telephone calls* To ensure that calls are answered promptly (preferably within three rings) and professionally* To deal with enquiries effectively in the absence of the fee earner* To take accurate messages and pass them on to the correct recipient in a timely manner* To promptly direct callers to the appropriate member of staff if they are not the intended recipientGreeting Visitors* To greet visitors efficiently, and in a positive, professional and friendly manner* To project a positive and professional image to visitors to the office, including personal presentation* To make visitors feel welcome* Preparing meeting rooms for your fee earner prior to them seeing visitors* To tidy meeting rooms after your fee earner has finished using itCollaborative working* To maintain good working relationships with colleagues* To backfill other administrative functions within the office as required – for example providing cover for reception* To use departmental and office directory to ensure efficient transfer of calls, both internally and to all other office locationsSafety Awareness* To monitor visitor access and maintain security awareness, following appropriate policies and procedures* To ensure that their working environment is safe and clean and to eliminate potential slip and trip hazards* To report any potential safety hazards to line managerPackage* Competitive salary* 20 days per annum annual leave plus statutory bank holidays. Additionally, the firm ordinarily closes between Christmas and New Year albeit the firm reserves the unfettered right to withdraw this additional leave as required by business needs. You will also get an extra day's holiday for your birthday and length of service.* Entitlement to join the company pension scheme* Entitlement to participate in the firm's cash healthcare scheme* Enhanced maternity pay (subject to conditions)Other candidate information* The role will be based at our Northwich office but there will be a contractual requirement to work at any of our Cheshire offices.* Although this role is advertised as a full time position the firm will, upon request, consider whether the role can be conducted on a part time or shared basis.* Any offer is conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory reference, a basic DBS check, Social Media Check, Employee Credit Check, Sanctions Check and a check with our Regulatory Body* Poole Alcock is an equal opportunities employer and intends to treat everyone equally regardless of disability, race, sexual orientation, age or marital status.Job Type: Full-timeSalary: £10.50 per hourBenefits: Additional leave Company pension Enhanced maternity leaveSchedule: Monday to FridayWork Location: In personApplication deadline: 20/10/2023

I am looking for someone to work on a 12 month fixed term contract with the strong probability of going permanent after. The role is going to report into the Group General Counsel and also members of the Paralegal team. You will need to have had at least a year's experience in areas such as Company secretarial assistant, company secretarial consultant, Governance and other relevant sectors. You will be expected to maintain and update statutory books, comply with regulations when completing filings with relevant agencies, coordinating local registry findings, such as annual tax returns and audit reports and supporting the legal team with ongoing ad hoc matters including litigation, commercial, corporate matters, kyc processes and auditors' queries. You will need a law degree to qualify for this role. Please send applications to me at Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative. BY APPLYING FOR THIS ROLE YOU ARE AGREEING TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE WHICH TOGETHER WITH OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT GOVERN YOUR USE OF MORGAN MCKINLEY SERVICES.

Job Reference: JO0000004887 Date Posted: 15 November 2023 Recruiter: Ryder Reid Legal Location: City of London, London Salary: On Application Sector: Secretarial Job Type: Contract Work Hours: Full Time Job Description Our UK and internal law firm clients regularly require Legal Secretaries with Litigation experience to cover annual leave and staff shortages. These assignments can be short or long term, duties can include, photocopying, scanning, preparing documents, opening new clients matters, maintaining diaries and inboxes, arranging travel and preparing itineraries. If you are a Legal Secretary who is available immediately and is interested in temporary vacancies, please apply now!

Job Reference: JO0000004819 Date Posted: 26 October 2023 Recruiter: Ryder Reid Legal Location: London Salary: On Application Sector: Secretarial Job Type: Permanent Work Hours: Part Time Job Description Ryder Reid are looking to recruit a part-time Legal Secretary to join one of our prestigious, international law firm clients on a permanent basis at their amazing London office. Our client is one of the world's leading law firms and want someone who is eager and motivated to join their team. The duties for the role include, but are not limited to: Diary management Filing and document management Email management Travel coordination and itineraries Expenses processing Applicants MUST have prior legal experience, be a good team player and be able to thrive in a busy office environment. Our clients' benefits include: Competitive salary Pension scheme Annual well-being allowance Private medical insurance Income protection Health screenings Eye tests For further information, please apply. Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage. Thank you for taking the time to apply. Ryder Reid Legal are a recruitment specialist, for almost thirty years we've been connecting legal talent with many of the leading law firms in London and internationally. Follow our LinkedIn page for the latest vacancies.

Job Reference: JO0000004691 Date Posted: 9 November 2023 Recruiter: Ryder Reid Legal Location: City of London, London Salary: £45,000 to £48,000 Sector: Secretarial Job Type: Contract Work Hours: Full Time Job Description Our client, a boutique litigation law firm, is looking for a Legal Secretary to join their City based offices on a 12 month FTC. Providing secretarial support to the partners and associates such as arranging travel, accommodation and meetings. Ensuring the proper opening, closing, and maintenance of all legal files; Preparation and processing of legal invoices; Opening new clients and matters on the database system; Carrying out conflict checks; If you are interested in hearing more about this role, please apply.