Legal Secretary

RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE LLP; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a Secretary to provide efficient and organized secretarial support to its lawyers in Litigation and Arbitration practices. The ideal candidate will be meticulous, self-motivated, and resourceful with solid secretarial skills and proficiency in managing legal documentation.

Benefits

Training & Upskilling opportunities

Hybrid Work Arrangement

Competitive Remuneration Package

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a law firm is preferred.
• Meticulous, able to multi-task and work within tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient secretarial and administrative support to lawyers.
• Prepare legal documents and court bundles.
• Maintain client contact list in CRM system.

Skills

Bilingual in English and Mandarin

Solid secretarial skills

Proficiency in legal documentation

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

Job description

Benefits

• Training & Upskilling opportunities

• Hybrid Work Arrangement

• Competitive Remuneration Package

Who We Looking For

Our secretaries typically support several lawyers and the role may be challenging and fast paced so you will need to be an efficient worker who is organized, meticulous, self-motivated and resourceful. You will also need to be an excellent communicator, a team player and have integrity to handle highly confidential information appropriately.

Job Description

• Provide efficient secretarial and administrative support to the lawyers in the Arbitration / Litigation or General Disputes practices.

• Maintain lawyer’s clients contact list in the firm’s CRM system.

• Prepare and send out bills including bill narrations.

• Track bills status and send out chasers.

• Prepare legal documents and court bundles.

• Open new legal files or close files.

• Any other secretarial duties as assigned by supporting lawyers.

Requirements

• Solid secretarial skills and prior experience in a law firm is preferred.

• Effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin. (in order to handle queries from English and Mandarin speaking counterparts and also to schedule appointments for English and Mandarin speaking clients.)

• Good proficiency in legal documentation and Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Table of Contents in MS Word).

Attributes

• Meticulous, able to multi-task and work within tight timelines.

We offer a competitive and attractive compensation & benefits package and exciting career development opportunities.

Interested candidates are invited to apply online with a comprehensive resume, via the APPLY NOW button. We regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified.