Legal Secretary/ Compliance

Jago Consultants; Marlow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal firm in Marlow is seeking experienced Legal Secretaries to provide essential support to fee earners. Responsibilities include administrative tasks such as document management, compliance checks, and client interaction. Successful candidates will possess strong secretarial skills and a keen attention to detail, along with relevant experience in a corporate legal setting.

Benefits

Pension contribution after 3 months

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Strong secretarial skills with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Legal secretarial experience within a corporate law firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support fee earners with secretarial duties.
• Assist with a variety of administrative tasks including filing and typing.
• Manage diaries and organise meetings.

Skills

Secretarial skills

Attention to detail

Customer service skills

Communication

Ability to work under pressure

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Outlook

Job description

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On behalf of our client we are currently looking for experienced Legal Secretaries to join a busy legal firm based in Marlow.

Daily duties:

• Carrying out a secretarial role to support fee earners.
• File opening, dealing with AML/CDD/KYC Compliance
• Assisting with a broad variety of administrative tasks, from audio typing to filing confidential client correspondence.
• Typing up of agreements, contracts, letters, emails and other correspondence either from transcript or audio dictation
• Receive telephone calls, recording and passing on accurate messages.
• Ensuring departmental systems and firm-wide procedures are followed.
• Diary management and the organisation of meetings.
• Greet clients and demonstrate good customer service skills.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with other staff.
• Communicate effectively with people.

Requirements:

• Strong secretarial skills with an accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience in extensive document formatting is essential.
• Ability to work under pressure to set deadlines.
• Willingness to work well as part of a busy, friendly team.
• Have an excellent telephone manner.
• Legal secretarial experience within a corporate law firm would be ideal.

Salary, Benefits and working hours

• Pension contribution after 3 months of employment (5% matching via salary exchange)
• On-site parking
• Working hours 9.00 to 5.30 (one hour lunch break): 37.5 hours per week