Legal Secretary (Real Estate - Construction) - Manchester

Our thriving Manchester office is looking for a Legal Secretary to join our Real Estate Construction team. We need you to be an organised, professional individual who has a "can do" attitude and is 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. With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London. The firm is committed to promoting a collaborative and supportive working environment. Our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and workplace culture and development programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.

Our Team

Reporting into the Manchester office Secretarial Services Manager, you will be working closely with the Legal Secretaries in our Real Estate practice group, providing secretarial and administration support to the Partners and Associates.

Opportunity

This role would be ideal for someone who is an experienced Secretary supporting at partner level in a national or global law firm.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct client inceptions and billing; maintain telephone and email contact with clients.
• Documentation work, expenses, arranging travel, filing and archiving; participate in daily tasks of a busy law firm.
• Collaborate with the existing team; take ownership of complex billing tasks and client reporting; manage client and matter inceptions (including understanding KYC requirements).
• Extensive diary management and coordinating international travel.
• General tasks as needed to support the busy firm operations.

You must have a positive and professional approach at all times.

You

This is a varied role and you’ll need to be an organised and pro-active individual who can prioritise. You should be a self-starter, able to manage time and workload effectively, be flexible, and able to work in a team to assist other departments when required. You should be able to use your initiative and identify where help is needed with limited supervision. You will deal with individuals at all levels, including clients of the firm; you must be confident in communicating warmly and professionally with superb interpersonal skills. You should have good knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages, strong keyboard skills, and meticulous attention to detail. You will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working in a professional service firm.

What You Need To Know

If you are interested in applying for the role, please complete an online application via our Careers /en/join-us/ in the first instance. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis; please complete an online application.

We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our society. We welcome applications regardless of age, neurodiversity, disability, family or parental status, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression or other legally protected characteristics. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply.