Legal Secretary Labour Employment - London
Legal Secretary Labour Employment - London
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Job Description
Our thriving London office is looking for a Legal Secretary to join our Labour & Employment Practice Group. We need you to be an organised professional individual who has a can do attitude and is willing to go the extra mile to help colleagues at all times.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the worlds strongest integrated law firms committed to providing insight at the point where law business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients from longestablished leading corporations to emerging businesses startup visionaries and sovereign nations.
With over 1500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence delivering comprehensive legal services across North America Europe the Middle East Asia Pacific and Latin America. In the UK we have offices in Birmingham Manchester Leeds and London.
The firm is committed to promoting a collaborative and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices our wellregarded family and carer wellbeing and workplace culture and development programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals life journeys helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.
Our Team
You will be supporting the Labour & Employment Practice Group providing secretarial and administration support. Youll be reporting into the London office Secretarial Services Manager and will be working alongside Partners and Associates and other Secretaries. Occasionally you may be expected to provide support to other teams as and when required.
Our Opportunity
In this dynamic and busy role no two days will be the same. This role would be ideal for someone who is an experienced Junior Secretary preferably in Labour & Employment who has some exposure to supporting at Partner level and is ready to progress their career.
Youll be involved in heavy and complex billing tasks to include finalising and sending out bills client and matter inceptions and understanding KYC requirements. Diary management and dealing with international travel form part of this role along with assisting with extranet sites and updating BD and marketing data.
You must have a positive and professional approach at all times and work efficiently in a very busy team.
Monday Friday 9.30am 5.30pm
You
As this is a varied role youll need to be an organised proactive individual who can easily prioritise and juggle workloads. Youll need to have the flexibility to assist other departments when required. You should also be able to use your initiative and spot where help is needed with limited supervision.
Youll also have experience of complex billing client inceptions and working in a law firm preferably with Labour & Employment experience.
As you will be dealing with clients of the firm excellent communication skills are key for this role. Ideally youll have good knowledge of all Microsoft packages along with strong keyboard skills and a good eye for detail is a must.
You will have a minimum of 5 years experience of working in a professional service firm.
What you need to know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role please visit our website at www.squirepattonboggs/en/careers in the first instance. We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application. No agency CVs accepted at this time.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our society. We welcome applications regardless of age neurodiversity disability family or parental status race religion ethnicity sexual orientation or gender identity and expression or other legally protected characteristics. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
