DAC Beachcroft Dublin is looking to recruit a Float Legal Secretary to work within the office assisting teams in general. We are seeking a secretary who is accustomed to working in a busy environment. The role will be office based with working hours of Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm and full training will be given.
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Preparing correspondence and documents from digital dictation
- Preparing briefs
- Creating, amending and formatting legal documents and templates with a high degree of accuracy
- Updating the MI databases
- File management, including/both physical and electronic filing, scanning, photocopying and archiving
- Liaising with experts/counsel
- Arranging meetings/consultations
- Diary management
- Assist with expense claims
- Booking of meeting rooms
- Issuing large documents such as briefs to Counsel/experts via OneDrive
- Billing preparation and issuing bills to clients
- Debt collection
- Booking travel
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Proven experience of working as a Legal Secretary however full training will be given
- Strong dictation experience
- A minimum of 60 wpm
- Proficient use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF Docs and OneDrive
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy is essential
- Excellent administration skills
- Ability to work on one's own initiative
- Ability to draft correspondence when asked to do so
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise large workloads
- Ability to multi-task and work to strict deadlines
- Team orientated and collaborative with a flexible attitude
- Professional telephone manner and excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- The candidate should have a positive, helpful and cheerful attitude
- Experience of preparing briefs
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
