Legal Float Secretary

Job description / Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a legal secretary to work for a prestigious international legal firm.

Are you a legal secretary who enjoys working as part of a close knit team of legal secretaries? Are you a legal secretary who wants a close working relationship with a fee earner who will respect and appreciate all the hard work that his legal secretary will do for him? If so, then please read on...

Our client requires a legal secretary to work for a friendly, robust and busy fee earner at a prestigious and well known international law firm. This exciting legal secretarial opportunity is the type of legal secretarial opportunity where each day will be different from the next and you will need to think on your feet. So, if you are feeling stagnant in your current legal secretarial role and want a new challenge then this role could be for you! The role requires a secretary who is keen to deal with clients and enjoys dealing with travel arrangements. The fee earner requires a legal secretary who can be his `eyes and ears` and as a `gatekeeper` when required.

Requirements

The requirements of a legal secretary within this post include excellent technical and legal secretarial skills including a typing speed of 65wpm as well as the ability to think on your feet and to be one step ahead of the fee earner at all times. A legal secretary who is highly organised and plans ahead is a must as well as a legal secretary who is flexible with their working hours.

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.