Employment & Litigation Legal Secretary
Job Description
Job title: Employment & Litigation Legal Secretary
Company: Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Job description: Edinburgh – £25,000 – £28,000 Legal Secretary – Employment & Litigation
Edinburgh – Hybrid
£25,000 – £28,000 – Experience DependantA fantastic, top 50 established Edinburgh firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive team Employment & Litigation Team in Edinburgh.
Based in well-equipped Edinburgh offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Employment & Litigation Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties.Duties and responsibilities of a Legal Secretary in Employment & Litigation:
- Prioritising workflow from the team inbox
- Internal and external meeting arrangements
- Organising meetings, ensuring the correct facilities are booked and liaising with internal / external attendees
- Responding and dealing with external or internal telephone calls and queries in a professional manner
- Organising travel arrangements
- Document formatting / amendments
- Organisation of file management, including closing of files and archiving
- Managing and understanding the end-to-end billing process
- Creating standard bills / disbursements / requesting credit notes
- Completing financial reports where required
- Managing group and fee earner contacts to ensure they are up to date
- Providing administrative support to fee earners
- Assisting on ad-hoc administration
Skills Required in Employment & Litigation:
- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
- Excellent diary management
- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync – Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Basic understanding of billing
- Document management and filing efficiently
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate, bonus, and a range of competitive benefits.If you have the relevant experience for this Edinburgh based Employment & Litigation Legal Secretary role, please apply within or send your CV to rio@douglas-scott.co.uk for immediate consideration.
Expected salary: £25000 – 28000 per year
Location: Edinburgh
