Legal Secretary, 12 month fixed term contract

Kennedys; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm in London seeks a Legal Secretary on a 12-month FTC maternity cover, involving diary management, client relationship building, and travel arrangements. The ideal candidate must have prior legal secretarial experience and strong proficiency in MS Office packages. This role is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• Previous legal secretarial experience is required.
• Ability to manage diary and travel arrangements efficiently.
• Experience in billing and credit control queries.

Responsibilities

• Manage diary and arrange meetings for fee earners.
• Coordinate travel and handle associated expenses.
• Assist in resolving IT issues for team members.
• Build client relationships and handle inquiries.
• Proactively assist with billing and credit control.

Skills

Fast and accurate touch typing skills

Proficient in MS Office packages

Client relationship management

Tools

Case management systems

Job description

Kennedys is looking for a 12 month FTC maternity cover Legal Secretary to join our London office. The successful Legal Secretary will provide an efficient, proactive and comprehensive secretarial service to a busy team of fee earners.

Team

Kennedys professional liability team deal with all areas of professional liability and handle claims of all sizes and complexity, including insurers who underwrite some of the world’s largest financial institutions, global law firms, the 'Big Four' accounting firms, as well as insurers who underwrite regional, local and smaller institutions and firms.

Key responsibilities

• Thorough diary management arrange meetings and manage changes as and when they arise
• Arrange travel for fee earners and partners both nationally and internationally and process all related expenses
• Report, and assist in resolving, any IT issues for self, fee earners and partners
• Build relationships with clients, including responding to clients specific requests for information and going the extra mile to assist them
• Assist proactively with billing and credit control queries.

Required experience

• Previous legal secretarial experience
• Fast and accurate touch typing skills
• Proficient in MS Office packages
• Knowledge of case management systems.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.