Alison Benjamin Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Temporary Legal PA to Employment and Mergers and Acquisitions• Working for 2 Partners, 2 Associates and a Trainee• Diary management, booking flights, conferences, hotels • Inbox management, e-filing • Printing of data room files• Printing and physical filing of emails, articles of interest etc.• Dealing with clients and internal colleagues on the telephone• Billing • Partner expenses using Chrome River• Filing• Photocopying and scanning• Update contact database using Salesforce• Recording fee earner’s time using inTapp• PowerPoint presentationsIn addition to the above duties, I have made full use of my I.T. skills including going to “Tech Lounges” to gain insight into new software that the company was going to be using.

Mayfair, London

Secretary to Construction Department (6 Month Maternity Contract)• Working for 3 Fee Earners and 1 Trainee • Heavy audio/copy typing, letters, emails and amending contracts using BigHand• Extensive document amending and comparing• Extensive use of precedent documents • Producing documents to a high standard• Using Prescient (Norwel) for document management• Scanning, printing and photocopying• Extensive e-filing using Microsoft Outlook• Dealing with deeds packets and liaising with Muniments to retrieve deeds packets• Answering calls from clients and routing them back to the relevant fee earner• Diary management with room bookings when needed for meetings• Liaising with post room for post and couriers, both incoming and outgoing• Liaising with the reprographics with regards to binding and scanning documents• Liaising with other departments such as Accounts, IT and reception on a daily basis to ensure the smooth running of all fee earner's work

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Secretary to Immigration Department (Maternity Contract)• Working for Head of Department, two Solicitors (one Partner and Head of Department) and two Paralegals• 95% audio typing• Using Tikit document management system for all documents produced• Taking credit card payments over phone• Taking minutes at monthly department meetings• Extensive use of Word, digital dictation (BigHand), Excel, Outlook and any other in-house systems in use throughout the firm

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Legal Secretary to Professional and Commercial Risk (Maternity Contract)• Working for a Partner and Associate Solicitor • 90% copy typing • Filing• Monthly billing onto the Paperless Proforma system• File opening and conflict checks• Answering telephone queries• Dealing with monthly expenses• Extensive diary management, hotel and travel arrangements

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Float Secretary• File opening• Answering telephone queries• Audio dictation using Winscribe• Envision document management system• Monthly billing• Typing of leases/court documents• Filing of both paper and electronic

Eilat, Israel

London, United Kingdom

• Answering the telephone• Typing of correspondence and survey reports• Photocopying• Faxing• Filing• Knowledge of building/surveying software

London, United Kingdom

Legal Secretary/PA to Partner/Solicitor• 90% audio typing• Answering the telephone• Dealing with diaries, both physical and electronic• Dealing with flight and hotel arrangements where necessary• Filing both physical and electronic (via Outlook)• Inputting of partner/solicitor timesheets (Arista Timesheet system)

Rsa 1 Typewriting, Distinction

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