Our Milan office is looking for an
experienced Legal Secretary.
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. Strong
keyboard skills and previous secretarial experience in a busy
corporate team are essential for this role.
Our Team
You will provide a full PA/ secretarial
service to the partners and fee-earners. You'll be reporting into the
Milan office Work Flow Manager and occasionally you may be expected to
provide support to the wider office as and when required.
Our Opportunity
You will spend your time providing full
PA, secretarial and general administrative support to a variety of
fee-earners in a busy and deadline-driven environment. You must be
able to manage your workload effectively and for the people you
support.The role has a mixture of PA, secretarial and administration content.
The role requires a high level of
organisation, with excellent attention to detail and ability to
prioritise a range of competing tasks. Proven experience of working in
a legal environment within a close-knit team is essential.
You must be able to produce work,
correspondence and documentation to a high level and be competent
across a range of MS Office systems. You will have extensive diary
management experience and will be confidently able to arrange a
variety of meetings which will include, face to face, video
conferences and conferences across multiple time zones.
The role will also require you to
support other secretaries in other Practice Groups, including holiday
cover and when capacity allows you will assist with workloads from our
other Milan office teams.
You
You must have a minimum of 4 years
relevant legal experience in a similar area and be able to clearly
demonstrate your willingness to learn new skills within this dynamic team.
As this role has numerous
responsibilities, you'll need to be an organised, proactive individual
who can easilyprioritiesa varying workload. You'll need to be a
self-starter and able to manage your time and workload effectively
whilst demonstrating experience of working as a team player in
addition to working alone with limited supervision.
As you will be dealing with clients of
the firm, excellent telephone and communication skills are key for
this role. Ideally, you'll have good knowledge of all Microsoft
packages, plus strong keyboard skills, a quick typing speed and a good
eye for detail are a must! This role would be ideal for someone who
has experience in a corporate law firm and is looking to take the next
step forward in their career.
What you need to know
If you're interested in finding out more
about this role, please visit our website at www.squirepattonboggs.com.We
are unable to process applications sent directly by email.Please
complete an online application.We will be reviewing applications on an
ongoing basis, so please don't delay in sending us your details!No
agency CVs accepted at this time.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is
representative of our diverse society. 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.
