Legal Secretary

Our Business Support Team has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join them in our central Bristol in Finzel's Reach. This key role will involve working as part of team providing support across our 3 UK offices.

This is a permanent position based in our Bristol office due to the nature of the role and the service provided to the firm. 

Key Responsibilities of the role

• Provide centrally based cover for our legal teams
• Provide effective high level administrative support to the legal teams and business services
• Knowledgeable of working practices within each Practice Group
• Deal with enquiries from colleagues and provide effective transfer of information
• Audio/copy typing
• Amend and format legal documentation and initiate/compose direct correspondence
• Understand and apply house style effectively to an expert level of proficiency
• Provide Billing and credit control procedures for lawyers and clients
• Supports the production of Business Development and marketing documents
• Involvement in ad-hoc projects as given by the Business Support Manager
• Work to continuously develop effective ways of working within the team and to identify ways of improving working practices
• Good time and performance management

Key skills

We are looking for an experienced Legal Secretary or someone who has worked in a similar role. You'll be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to build an internal network across OC offices, departments and teams. Other key skills include:

• Experience of digital dictation and audio typing
• Ability to touch type
• Experience of being able to work with a workflow management tool
• Ability to work under pressure with little supervision
• Excellent attention to detail
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Calm and collected manner to instil confidence in clients and colleagues
• Essential to be organised and be able to prioritise work
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Workshare, PowerPoint, Interaction etc)

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.