Legal Secretary

The Projects Department is seeking a secretary to provide support to a variety of lawyers across it's non contentious and contentious teams. The role is suitable for an experienced secretary but a trainee secretary can also be considered as full training can be provided. The role will include but is not limited to:

• Efiling;
• admin tasks;
• typing via dictation,
• document amendments/management/production;
• file management (including opening and closing files, carrying out compliance checks, scanning and saving documents to the document management system);
• formatting of contracts and client documents;
• Work on inhouse precedents and third-party documents;
• Billing; and
• File audits
  
  We would like someone to have knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, basic/advanced formatting skills, be confident in using BigHand and conversing with multiple lawyers of all seniority.
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Will be enthusiastic and keen to continue to develop.
• Attention to detail is a must and must be able to follow instructions.
• Being able to contribute to a busy department as a reliable team player is essential, administrative or secretarial qualifications is preferable but not essential.
• We would like someone to be able to build strong working relationships not only with the secretaries already in the team but with those they will be allocated to work with.
• Must be able to meet sometimes short deadlines and manage conflicting deadlines/priorities.
  
  Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose - to "improve lives, communities and society". For over 40 years we've been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values.
What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We're extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together. Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.