Personal Assistant/Secretary

Secretary/Administrator Newcastle Upon Tyne Circa 22K

Looking to recruit a strong Administrator or Secretary to join a Lae Firm and work within the Family Law Team.

• Word processing/typing and associated procedures (e.g. photocopying/scanning) on behalf of any of the firm’s fee earners
• Sorting incoming post on a daily basis, including allocation to the appropriate files for consideration by fee-earners.
• Telephone and personal contact with clients progressing matters where possible without giving legal advice
• Making and accurately diarising appointments including making room/Teams bookings.
• Filing (mostly electronically but also paper in certain circumstances) ensuring that files are up to date, labelled correctly, in chronological order and easily accessible at all times.
• Assistance and support to fee-earners in time recording and billing.
• Preparing documentation bundles and use of e-bundling software (where appropriate) including use of PDF docs 

The role will report into the Practice Manager and will give the successful candidate an opportunity to join a leading North East Law Firm.