Float Legal Secretary

Quest Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday a year

Company pension scheme

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is seeking an experienced legal secretary to join a busy secretarial team in London. The role focuses on supporting Commercial Litigation fee-earners, handling non-fee-earning tasks like billing and file management. Candidates should have extensive experience in a legal environment, excellent IT skills, and strong organisational abilities. Enjoy a competitive salary with 25 days of holiday plus Bank Holidays and a pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a litigation-focussed legal secretary in a similar legal environment.
• Good standard of numeracy and experience with legal billing and accounts.
• Professional demeanor, self-confidence, and credibility.
• Good written and spoken English and strong interpersonal skills.
• Proactive and responsible team player with flexible approach.

Responsibilities

• Support the Commercial Litigation fee-earners and cover other areas as needed.
• Assist with non-fee-earning work including monthly billing and file management.
• Manage a variety of client-focussed account activities.

Skills

Fast, accurate audio/copy typing

Excellent IT skills

Good written and spoken English

Strong administrative and organisational skills

Good commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Flexibility and adaptability

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Our client is seeking an experienced legal secretary to join their busy four-person secretarial team in London, in a floating capacity.

You will primarily be supporting the Commercial Litigation fee-earners but you will also be required on occasion to help cover Corporate, Commercial Property and possibly elsewhere across our fee-earning areas.

You will work on a wide range of client-focussed secretarial and administrative tasks, assisting fully with all non-fee-earning work, including monthly billing and file management.

Person Specification

You will have extensive experience as a litigation-focussed legal secretary in a similar size and type of legal environment:

• Good commercial awareness and understanding of how the secretarial role contributes to the overall success of the business;
• Previous experience of legal billing and accounts, of managing a variety of client-focussed accounts activities and a good standard of numeracy;
• Excellent IT skills, fast, accurate audio/copy typing & sound knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite;
• Good written and spoken English and excellent interpersonal skills
• Proactive and responsible team skills;
• Strong administrative and organisational skills & knowledge of office procedures/equipment;
• A flexible and adaptable approach, willingness to develop and to meet changing business needs;
• Professional demeanour, self-confidence and credibility.

Salary is at market rate and we offer 25 days holiday a year (plus Bank Holidays) and a company pension scheme.