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Legal Secretary - Employment

Boyes Turner -
Reading

Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Company pension
Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Administrative experience
Organisational skills
Communication skills

Full job description

Role Description

We have a great opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join our well-established and friendly Employment team based in Reading.

You will be responsible for providing full support to our Fee Earners in our Employment department, as well as delivering an excellent service to both internal and external stakeholders.

This vacancy is a full-time position, with office attendance required on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Experience/ Attributes required

Essential

2 + years’ experience working in an secretary/administrative role.
Experience working in a legal environment.
Work effectively in a team and on your own.
Possess outstanding interpersonal and communication (verbal & written) skills.
Exceptional prioritising/organisational skills.
Good attention to detail and the ability to use your initiative.
Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.
Extensive experience in Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point & Excel.
Experience with dealing with financial and client account queries.

Desirable

Employment experience not essential but would be advantageous.
Ideally experience in case management systems
Previous Legal Secretary or Legal PA experience
Excellent knowledge of Elite accounts package

Work type:

Producing accurate documentation, reports and correspondence following standard office practices and precedents.
Supporting the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks.
Managing diaries of fee earners as required and coordinating meeting logistics.
Inserting and amending key court dates.

General administration, filing, answering telephone calls, following up work via telephone or email on behalf of group fee earners.
Proof reading and formatting presentations.
Producing billing guides and timecards.
Sending invoices and liaising with clients in regards to queries.
Producing spreadsheets as required to accompany invoices; time modify; monitor disbursements and arrange for payment to third party suppliers as necessary; monitor debtors list.

Benefits

Contractual:

25 days holiday
Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution
Life Assurance - 5 x final salary

Non Contractual:

Travel season ticket loan scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Weekly wellbeing hour
Birthday off
1 x 8 hour charity day
Bring your dog to work
Shopping discounts and Medicash

Team structure

4 x Partners
1 x Head of Immigration
1 x Senior Associate Solicitor
2 x Associate Solicitor

2 x Solicitor
1 x Chartered legal executive
2 x Paralegals
4 x Secretaries

Other information

Boyes Turner’s Employment team is ranked in Tier 1 by Legal 500. Its partners are recognized as experts in their field. The Group is innovative and seeking to find ways of developing its offering and services to clients harnessing all modern technologies.

We offer excellent working conditions and a modern, forward thinking, friendly team.

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At Boyes Turner, we pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and collaborative workplace where talented individuals can thrive. We offer excellent career development opportunities, a friendly and inclusive culture, and the chance to work on high-quality legal matters.

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