Job Summary
Are you an aspiring legal professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for organisation? We're seeking a Junior Commercial Secretary for our client to join their team. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic legal environment. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and have the skills and dedication we're looking for, we want to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to excellence in legal support and client service.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Commercial and competition secretarial experience
- Amendments to complex documents (track changes, cross-referencing, footnotes, comments, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Annotating, highlighting, redacting, collating, and compressing large sets of PDF documents
- Preparing, organizing, and arranging physical and electronic document records (merger filings, document discoveries, briefs to counsel, trial bundles, regulatory submissions, RFQs, etc.)
- Retrieving legal texts from electronic databases for inclusion in documents
- Dictaphone and copy-typing of documents
- Preparing resource and client files
- Administering and organizing legal practice
- Preparing accounts for clients, posting time daily, monitoring payments to counsel, outstanding debtors, and trust balances
- Developing and maintaining electronic and physical filing systems and ensuring they are up to date
- General ADHOC PA duties for directors, including personal work
Requirements:
- 4-5 years experience as a legal secretary
- Excellent knowledge and technical skills with MS Word programs (specifically MS Word 2010), MS Excel essential, and PowerPoint essential
- Knowledge of Aderant Expert (CMS) accounting system
- Knowledge of iManage
- Matric essential
Competencies:
- Well-organized and conscientious
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills
- Maintains confidentiality
- Honest, reliable, and punctual
- Ability to multi-task
- Takes initiative
- Works well under pressure
- Excellent client relationship skills
Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.
Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience. Apply for this role today, contact Shaun Ferreira at Hire Resolve or on LinkedIn. You can also visit the Hire Resolve website: hireresolve.us or email us your CV:financialcareers@hireresolve.za.com