Team Overview

Ready to put your ambition into action? To work alongside the brightest minds, on the most supportive teams, answering the questions that make a real difference to businesses? Discover a career at RDJ.

RDJ are a leading Irish corporate law firm combining the sharpest legal insight with human intelligence to deliver long-lasting business impact.

We bring together human intelligence and legal insights across our three offices to deliver the most impactful outcomes for businesses and careers. By investing in the potential of our people and the relationships that create winning teams, we are the legal advisor of choice to our clients and employer of choice to the best talent.

Empowering our clients with answers, not options in diverse areas of the Irish economy, we advise multi-nationals as well as established and growing Irish companies, institutions and leading insurance firms.

About the Role

The Legal Secretary supports the Commercial Property team. Its responsibilities involve providing full general secretarial support but not limited to:

• Transcribing dictations
• Save and store documents electronically on the firms practice management system
• Formatting legal documents
• Filing, invoicing and general admin support
• Prepare and arrange registration of Land Registry or Registry of Deeds documents including the use of the Property Registration Authority website
• Requisitions on Title
• Scheduling title documents
• Preparing contract for sale
• Preparing closing documentation i.e Family Home and Section 72 Declarations
• Preparation of Bibles of Security/Title documents
• Data Room Management (HighQ)
• Preparing ROS on-line returns
• Reception cover occasionally
• Overflow secretarial work

Background and Experience

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years legal secretary experience and ideally in Commercial Property
• Experience of working in a fast-paced office environment

Key Skills Required

• Excellent attention to detail
• Very strong IT and systems capability
• Ability to plan and prioritise and manage multiple activities at one time
• Strong people skills and the ability to work collaboratively with all colleagues
• Ability to use their own initiative and manage time efficiently
• Digital Dictation Skills - 60 wpm+

Employee Wellbeing

We offer leading wellbeing initiatives, such as our healthy eating webinars, support for employees walking or cycling to work and respect got out people's work-life balance. We've been recognised as leaders in workplace wellbeing by Ibec, as well as earning KeepWell Mark and being listed in Leading in Wellbeing Top 100 Companies in 2021.

ESG Commitments

At RDJ, we are committed to sustainability in all aspects of our business. RDJ not only prioritises creating a healthy working environment for all employees, but goes beyond, in striving to promote the protection of the natural environment around us. We also endeavour to create an environment whereby diversity is championed, and each individual is valued and recognised for the unique contribution that they make.

This is a full-time permanent role with hybrid working and flexibility available. If you wish to apply please send your CV and cover letter to: recruit@rdj.ie