Legal Staff Legal Secretary in New York City, NY

Law Firm

New York City, NY

Legal Staff Legal Secretary in New York City, NY

Legal Staff

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## Legal Secretary Law Firm is looking for an experienced Legal Secretary to provide efficient and effective secretarial and administrative support to a legal team comprising of three or more timekeepers. The Legal Secretary will be responsible for ensuring the daily administrative operations of the legal team, producing documents, composing correspondence, maintaining the work schedule and providing quality service to internal departments and external parties. ### Responsibilities - Deliver excellent work and superior service to Law Firm's clients - Balance workloads of the legal team to ensure completion of projects within established time frames and quality standards - Produce a variety of documents from various source materials, including dictaphone tapes - Compose routine and non-routine correspondence for attorney review as requested - Demonstrate knowledge of Law Firm's secretarial policies and all applicable administrative procedures - Ensure organization of work flow, files and recordkeeping, including preparation of timesheets and client bills - Process incoming and outgoing mail and overnight deliveries - Provide administrative support to assigned legal team - Proactively support Firm-wide client service initiatives - Provide quality service to internal departments and external parties - Maintain a professional relationship with other legal counsel, courts, agencies and professional organizations - Act as liaison with the Firm's internal service departments - Provide secretarial and administrative support to neighboring legal teams - Assist with non-client matters, which may include miscellaneous work, generated from outside activities and "pro bono" legal work - Contribute to the Firm's Service Excellence initiative to consistently improve its image ### Required Skills - Ability to multi-task to meet the demands of a fast-paced environment and multiple priorities - Excellent word processing skills and knowledge of Windows operating system - Excellent organizational, communications and interpersonal skills - Proficiency in spelling, grammar, proofreading and writing skills, attention to detail and accuracy ### Required Experience - 2+ years secretarial or administrative experience, preferably in legal or professional services organization - High School Diploma or GED - Associate's Degree with concentration in Secretarial Studies, or equivalent preferred ### Salary The salary for this position is $85, - $106, USD. Law Firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.