Description
The Senior Legal Secretary will demonstrate secretarial and administrative competencies to the highest level. You will provide first-class administrative support and secretarial service to several fee-earners such as Partners, Associates, and others as assigned.
Responsibilities:
- Undertakes support of local practice group tasks and requirements
- Good knowledge of specific practice group activities/objectives (e.g. coordinating with tax authorities, commercial courts, due diligence repository
- Document preparation for urgent jobs specific to the local market
- Client intake (e.g. AML, engagement letters)
- Strategic liaison with Center services ensuring full utilization and coordination of services at all times, reviewing materials as needed before sharing with attorneys
- Navigate Service Now for various tasks including document services (typing, formatting), resolution of IT-related issues, access to basic financial reporting metrics (SAP)
- Supports junior team members and new secretarial staff, and secretarial manager with ad hoc focused activities
- Attend meetings, take notes, and follow up on action items
Proactive complex diary management, call handling, and meeting organization - Proactively support client activities and requirements (first contact, resolve basic queries)
- Demonstrates high competency in practice group and delivers upward management to the highest standard
- Collates and provides feedback with solution orientated mindset
- Manage emails and in-box, assist with email filing into iManage
- Provides complex travel management support
- Expert Billing support at all levels (e.g. WIP review, sending final invoices, collections management, accruals, etc)
Skills and Experience:
- Extensive experience working in a legal sector or other professional services environment
- Advanced and specialized expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable work experience within several different practice and functional areas
- 'Can-do' attitude, demonstrates proactivity and takes the initiative
- Consistently demonstrates secretarial competencies to the highest level in all areas
- Ability to manage complex diary and calendar management activities
- Strong document management skills
- Exhibits passion for collaborating with internal clients and stakeholders
- Strong technical skills, including proficiency in all software packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Teams)
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
- High-level organizational skills
- Understanding of the importance of Client Service
- Identifies and proactively develops knowledge and skill gaps
- Ability to handle complex activities and are solution orientated
- Leads by example (role model)
- Exercises independent judgement - Ability to escalate issues effectively
- Seeks to enhance and self-develop