Real Estate Legal Secretary
Birmingham – £26,000 - £30,000
Legal Secretary - Real Estate
Birmingham City Centre
A fantastic, leading firm in Birmingham City Centre, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Real Estate team.
Birmingham City Centre
A fantastic, leading firm in Birmingham City Centre, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Real Estate team.
Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Fee Earners and Partners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Birmingham City Centre.
Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Real Estate:
- Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Real Estate Department
- Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
- Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
- Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
- Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
- Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
- Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
- Ad Hoc secretarial / admin duties
Skills Required:
- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
- Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
- Exemplary document management and filing
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
- Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Birmingham City Centre, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to rio@douglas-scott.co.uk
What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Travelling with my boyfriend and having several girls trips!
If you weren't in recruitment, what would you be doing?
Definitely something with animals!
What inspired your career in Legal Recruitment?
Suits absolutely contributed...
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Job Spec:
- Area of Law: Legal Support
- Type: Business Support
- Salary: £26,000 - £30,000
- Term: Permanent
- Location: Birmingham
- Reference: 1036885
