Legal Secretary

Job DescriptionOwen Reed is looking to recruit a motivated and resourceful Legal Secretary to join top law firm in Manchester.Your RoleAs a Legal Secretary your day to day remit includes:Document production support – creation and amendment of Word Docs/emails/letters/producing engrossments/arranging printing of large volume docs.Admin support - setting up meetings/dealing with office admin/expenses/filing (physical and digital where necessary); scanning etcClient support - liaison with clients/team, sending information to clients when required, manging reports for clients, dealing with simple billing queries, etc. There is opportunity to work on client reporting as well.Financial Admin support - Billing/WIP and other such financial managementProject support - arranging larger projects/deeds management/large scale copying and production of spreadsheets/arranging /accessing/setting up dataroomsYour Skills and ExperiencePrevious Legal Secretary experiencedExtensive experience in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel are required.Experience in case management systemsExceptional prioritising/organisational skills.Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.Confident in delegation of work when necessary.Preferable experience from within a city/large law firmWe are one of the UK's largest real estate groups, with a team of over 180, advising on thousands of transactions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each year. Clients instruct us for this experience, our depth of expertise and sector know-how. Many of our real estate partners are independently recognised as leading individuals in the field by the legal industry's annual directory rankings. Clients including many in-house lawyers trust us with both 'high profile' and business as usual work.