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Working as part of a team, you will be required to provide an excellent standard of secretarial support to the Professional & Commercial Risk team. You will also be required to provide support across the other practice groups in Professional & Commercial Risk as and when required. Working individually and as a team to act as a point of contact for lawyers and to ensure the effective completion of their work, as well as undertaking a variety of secretarial tasks. Provide a high quality, comprehensive workflow management and organisational service to lawyers in the group and exceptional client service.
Job Responsibility:
Provide an excellent standard of secretarial support to the Professional & Commercial Risk team
Provide support across the other practice groups in Professional & Commercial Risk as and when required
Act as a point of contact for lawyers and ensure the effective completion of their work
Handle outgoing correspondence including electronic communications
Create new case files as appropriate
Prepare and create client reports and documents for fee earners
Collate enclosures for outgoing correspondence, instructions to Counsel, experts etc using electronic bundling and encryption software
Email management – filing, saving, locating, deleting, responding where applicable and referring incoming mail to others
Print, file, photocopy, scan, fax and archive documents
Ensure client contact information is kept up to date
Update document bundles for fee earners
Using OneDrive, Sharefile and Client Connect for the safe exchange of client information
Keep case files organised and logical
Assist with incoming billing and accounts queries
Draft emails and correspondence on behalf of fee earners
Answer and make telephone calls
Book client meetings
Assist with the planning and booking of travel arrangements
Assist with ad-hoc business development and communications activities
Assist in organising client events
Maintain a level of individual knowledge required for the role
Occasionally prepare correspondence and documents from digital dictation
Handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols
Requirements:
Experience of working in a legal or professional services environment
An aptitude for managing multiple priorities, producing documents and client communications of the highest standard
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office
Advanced knowledge of document management/case management systems
An effective communicator with an excellent customer and client service approach
Customer/client service focused
Proven experience of managing client facing tasks and priorities, with a hands-on, practical approach
Effective at investigating issues and seeing a problem through to conclusion
Conscientious, taking personal responsibility for own work and accountability for its delivery and quality
Excellent team player, sharing in team goals to provide excellent quality and efficiency of service, with a willingness to take on new responsibilities and challenges
Positive can-do attitude with the ability to adapt to change
Confidential and discreet but able to redirect information when appropriate to ensure areas of concern are resolved effectively
Well organised and methodical with excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all client communications and deliverables