Legal Secretary

at  Wise May

SKILLS:

• High level of ability on all applications, including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise
• Strong organisational skills
• Proactive and practical approach
• Good accuracy and attention to detail
• Flexible and approachable attitude
• Confidentiality and discretion
• Team player
• Good telephone manner and communication skills, including the ability and confidence to liaise with clients and employees at all levels
• Candidate must be willing to work outside of normal contractual hours where necessary

• Full secretarial support
• Drafting of correspondence and documents (usually to tight deadlines), reformatting into WGM house style, including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
• Filing, document management, opening new matters and archiving
• Diary management, coordinating internal and external meetings
• Maintaining contact information, collating lists of parties for specific deals
• Email management and archiving of emails
• Encouraging fee earners to keep up to date with DTE, inputting DTE information as provided by fee earners
• Organising attendance at seminars, work related travel, accommodation etc
• Organising/assisting with department events and client/marketing events
• Other ad hoc tasks when required