Our thriving Manchester office is looking for a Legal Secretary to
join our team. We need you to be an organised, professional individual
who has a "can do" attitude and willing to go that extra
mile to help colleagues at all times.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law
firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business
and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business
solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities
and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients,
from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses,
start-up visionaries and sovereign nations. More than 1,500 lawyers in
40 offices on four continents provide unrivalled access to expertise.
In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.
Our Team
You will be supporting the ESH, Financial Services, Litigation and
Tax Practice Groups providing secretarial and administration support.
You'll be reporting into the Manchester office Secretarial Services
Manager and will be working alongside Partners and Associates and
other Secretaries.
Our Opportunity
In this dynamic and busy role, no two days will be the same. This
role is ideal for someone who is an experienced Secretary with some
exposure to supporting at Partner level in a national or global law
firm and preferably has experience in one of the Practice Groups.
You'll work alongside the existing teams as well as taking ownership
of complex billing tasks and client reporting; client and matter
inceptions (including understanding KYC requirements); extensive diary
management and dealing with international travel.
You must have a positive and professional approach at all times and
work efficiently in a very busy team.
Monday-Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm - Hybrid working available
You
As this is a varied role, you'll need to be an organised, proactive
individual who can easily prioritise and juggle workloads. You'll 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.
You'll also have experience of complex billing, client inceptions and
working in a law firm.
As you will be dealing with clients of the firm, excellent
communication skills are key for this role. Ideally, you'll 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 careers site at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers. We are
unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete
an online application.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is
representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,
age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental
status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable
adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is
inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant
data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.
