Secretary

Description

The firm DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with more than 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with. Our flexible approach to resourcing enables us to apply the right mix of legal, commercial and process skills to deliver the right outcome at the right price, depending on our clients individual needs. We pride ourselves on measuring our performance against our clients expectations. Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2012, recognised 121 of our partners and professionals as leading lawyers and we hold with 84 rankings in 34 separate practice areas, 20 of which are number one rankings. In 2009 we achieved certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and in 2011 we were awarded ISO27001 certification for our information security procedures. We are the largest law firm in the country to obtain a silver Investors in People award. The firm is committed to supporting the communities in which we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and via structured programmes including those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit department The Public Law Team forms part of the Corporate Department. We advise the health and education sector. Our clients include central and local government, non-departmental public bodies, statutory & chartered bodies and regulators. We advise on a wide range of matters, from constitutional and governance issues, equalities and human rights, to developing commercial and income generating relationships, exercising regulatory functions, and formulating and implementing policy. We welcome applications from individuals who are interested in a Junior Secretarial role. This is a 6 month fixed term contract.Core responsibilities This an important role in a very busy department which provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate an excellent standard of secretarial support. You will be required to support fee earners across the specified practice and provide personal support. You will be expected to prepare correspondence and documents, from digital diction, for fee earners and prepare and create client reports. You will need to manage the case management system, the diary and book in day to day appointments and book travel arrangements. Furthermore you will be expected to arrange and manage client events as and when required whilst handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.Key skills In order for you to be successful in this role we expect you to be client focused with the ability to multi task meeting competing deadlines whilst ensuring attention to detail is maintained with a concern for quality and assurance. Whilst it would be desirable that you have a secretarial NVQ / Diploma or equivalent and have previous experience within a legal environment it is not essential. However, it is essential that you have qualified to a minimum of 5 GCSEs (including a grade C in English and Maths) or equivalent and that you are fully competent in using Microsoft packages with a minimum typing speed of 65 WPM. It is imperative that you have the ability to work as part of a team or independently when required with a flexible approach to your work and you must have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing.DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please send your CV via our online application system. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.