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Legal Secretary

PSM Recruitment
Posted 16 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Maidstone, Kent ME15 8ED, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • PSM Recruitment is seeking a Legal Secretary to join a family team at a reputable Solicitors in Maidstone.
  • This full-time position offers hybrid working options and requires experience in the family legal environment.
  • The role involves managing diaries, arranging meetings, and maintaining electronic files while ensuring high attention to detail.
  • Candidates must have excellent communication skills and be comfortable with various IT systems, with training provided.
  • The salary for this position ranges from £23,000 to £27,340 depending on experience.

PSM Recruitment have a fantastic opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join the family team in a reputable Solicitors based in Maidstone.

This is a full-time role, Monday - Friday with hybrid working options available if required. The hybrid working practice is designed to help you achieve the right balance between working in the office and working from home, whilst ensuring that the client's and firm's needs are met.

The Role

The Family team deal with mid to high level family law matters, complex financial cases, pre and post nuptial agreement, domestic violence issues and children matters. The team additionally assist with RSPCA matters. As a Legal Secretary, you will undertake a variety of important tasks including, but not limited to:

Building relationships with clients and other solicitors/barrister’s clerks in writing and over the phone

Diary management for allocated legal advisor's

Arranging meetings / appointments - including booking meeting rooms and preparing documents ahead of the meeting

Using the team’s precedents, copy typing or audio / digital dictation

Ensuring electronic files are kept up-to-date

Opening and closing / archiving files

Attending team, and training meetings as required

You will be expected to work in a team alongside fellow support staff, as well as independently assisting with a range of interesting work.

Are you the right person?

The role would suit an experienced legal secretary, with experience in the family legal environment. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with a professional telephone manner and be able to demonstrate high attention to detail.

You will need to be comfortable working with various IT systems, however training will be provided, and have strong numeracy skills with an ability to understand financial ledgers.

Salary £23,000 - £27,340 DOE

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.