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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.
The department
Our specialist costs team of 2 Associates and 17 fee earners provides expert and practical advice across both Claimant and Defendant costs issues.
This is a 6 month fixed term contract for a Junior Secretary in a very busy department.
Core responsibilities
This is a Junior Secretary role for a period of 6 months in a very busy department, where you will be responsible for supporting the team secretaries in their day to day admin tasks.
You will have responsibility for assisting with billing, i.e. printing proformas and inputting data into excel database, whilst ensuring compliance with Management Information on Excel databases.
You will have responsibility for filing for designated fee earners, archiving files and scanning invoices, bills etc.
In addition to this you will be expected to prepare correspondence and documents from digital diction as and when require and will prepare post for collection.
You will be expected to handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.
Key skills
It would be beneficial if you have an secretarial NVQ / Diploma or equivalent, but this is not essential. However, we do expect you to have good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft packages, and must be qualified to a minimum of 5 GCSEs (including a grade C in English and Maths) or equivalent
We expect you to have good all round communication skills both oral and written with a client service-focused approach. You must have an excellent eye for detail with a concern for quality and accuracy.
We expect you to hava a team oriented focus and collaborative with a flexible, can do attitude.
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.
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