Secretarial Manager

Secretarial Manager

Award-winning prestigious international law firm is recruiting a Secretarial Manager to join its London office on a full-time basis.

• Salary to £75,000
• 09:30-17:30 working hours
• Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days remote)
• Employee benefits include 25 days annual leave and long service accrual, access to corporate gym membership rates & other lifestyle and family friendly benefits!

The key focus will be to identify the best approach to provide exceptional service levels to Partners, lawyers, and their clients. This role would be particularly well-suited to someone whose skillset is up-to-date and who has a strong understanding of how a law firm operates including its key individuals, internal systems, and procedures.

Secretarial Manager Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the operational day to day activities of the secretarial services function across all UK offices with regular travel to each UK office
• Manage the recruitment of the team in all offices and participate in interviews
• Deal with all the people related matters within the team working closely with HR in areas such as performance management, sickness absence, and annual performance appraisals
• Act as first point of contact for holiday requests and authorisation, absence reporting and other matters
• Assist with monitoring the workload within the team and assist colleagues in the event of increased workloads across all offices

Secretarial Manager Skills & Requirements:

• Experience of managing a team in a similar role within a law firm
• A desire to enhance the skills of self and others and motivate a team
• A client-focused mindset and experience using Practice Manager systems