DESIblitz Job: Secretary

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Secretary to join an Employment Law and HR Business based in Cheadle Hulme. You will be supporting the Managing Director and the team by providing an efficient and effective administrative service across all aspects of the operation.
Along with a salary of up to £28,000 per annum, you will receive a range of benefits including enhanced holiday, a day off for your birthday, company sick pay, life cover (5x salary) and a tastecard!
As Secretary, some of your responsibilities will include:
This job outline is intended to indicate the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and while some variation can be expected in particular duties, the outline is considered to provide a reasonable general description of the post.
Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.
Along with a salary of up to £28,000 per annum, you will receive a range of benefits including enhanced holiday, a day off for your birthday, company sick pay, life cover (5x salary) and a tastecard!
As Secretary, some of your responsibilities will include:
- Word processing - auto numbering, document preparation, setting of templates essential
- Overseeing the day-to-day functions concerning the office
- Dealing with telephone and email enquiries
- Creating and maintaining filing systems
- Scheduling and attending meetings, creating agendas and taking minutes
- Organising travel for staff
- Using a variety of software packages, such as Leap, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, etc., to produce correspondence and documents and to maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases
- Working successfully with the company’s CRM system
- Devising and maintaining office systems and processes
- Booking rooms and conference facilities
- Using content management systems to maintain and update websites and set up and maintain internal databases
- Liaising and negotiating with external suppliers
- Ordering and maintaining stationery and equipment
- Organising and sending outgoing post
- Photocopying and printing various documents, sometimes on behalf of others
- Arranging in-house and external events
- Maintaining management information systems (manual or computerised)
- PA/office management experience in professional/legal services is essential
- An understanding of legal terminology
- Experience in audio and copy typing essential
- Highly organised and proactive
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Strong communication
This job outline is intended to indicate the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and while some variation can be expected in particular duties, the outline is considered to provide a reasonable general description of the post.
Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.
Please NoteAt DESIblitz Jobs we strongly believe in helping our candidates find the right job and that everyone should have the same opportunities to find meaningful work. Our ethos is to promote diversity in the workplace. As one of our candidates your background or ethnicity shouldn't have any impact on your ability to apply for this job.