Legal Secretary to cover maternity leave working on a Part Time basis in Port Talbot, South Wales.
Reporting to the employment lawyer (Head of Legal HR Law Services), the purpose of the role is to provide
secretarial and administrative support to the Employment Law, Centre of Expertise. As an initial point of contact
with internal clients and external contacts, the jobholder’s competence, manner and efficiency will often provide
an immediate first impression against which the service is measured.

To carry out this role successfully you will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:
• Act as first point of contact between the centre of expertise and internal clients and external bodies.
• Manage the employment lawyer’sdiary, including arranging meetings, interviews, conferences, travel arrangements
• Attend to internal and external correspondence, and phone calls on a daily basis.
• Carry out typing of correspondence, legal documents, witness statements, training programmes and presentations.
Preparation and collating of documents, including proof-reading documents and production of presentation/briefings/advisory papers.
• Arrange circulation of various law report/updates to nominated recipients in the UK businesses (HR function)
• Open new files, attend to filing and arranging archiving and retrieval of files.
• Database and intranet management as required

The Candidate
• The jobholder must have a good knowledge of working in an in-house legal department or law firm
(preferably with experience of working to an employment lawyer).
• Capable of providing efficient and confidential support
• The jobholder must have a high level of administrative and legal secretarial skills in order to perform this role