Conveyancing Legal Secretary

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment

Posted 17 hours ago, valid for a month

Blackwood, Caerphilly NP12 3RS

£22,000 - £26,400 per annum

Full Time

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Legal Secretary - Conveyancing Blackwood - Hybrid£24,000 - £28,000 A fantastic, top established Blackwood firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Conveyancing team on a full time basis. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Blackwood. Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Conveyancing:

Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Conveyancing department
Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements
Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as audio typing
Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
Any ad-hoc secretarial admin

Skills Required:

Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary with Conveyancing experience
Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
Exemplary document management and filing
Excellent telephone manner
Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members

The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Blackwood, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to