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Legal Secretary

Pertemps Northampton
Posted 15 days ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 1UB, England

Salary

£25,000 - £28,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Our client in Northamptonshire is looking for a Legal Secretary with relevant experience in a busy law firm.
  • Candidates must possess excellent organizational skills, communication abilities, and a keen attention to detail.
  • The role involves preparing correspondence, managing files, and handling diary management to ensure smooth operations.
  • This position requires a minimum of 2 years of secretarial experience in a legal environment, with a salary of £25,000 to £30,000 per annum.
  • The ideal candidate should be able to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within a team.

Our client, based in Northamptonshire are seeking a Legal Secretary. To be considered for the role, it is crucial that the candidate has relevant experience in a secretarial in a busy Law Firm.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Preparation of correspondence and documents through audiotyping and word processing
  • File management i.e. daily filing on clients’ matters
  • File opening, closure, storage and retrieval from archive in accordance with the Firm’s procedures
  • Preparation of mails and enclosures for dispatch, taking utmost care to attach the appropriate enclosures to the right correspondence.
  • Diary management to include arranging and re-arranging meetings where necessary, setting reminders for key dates, chasing search results and other such reminders to promote excellent client care and ensure smooth running of files.
  • Liaise with clients (both face to face and on the telephone), other solicitors, lenders and other parties as instructed by the Director.
  • Provide support to other secretaries if required and requested by the Office Manager.
  • Answering incoming calls in a professional manner and directing them to the relevant people, taking detailed and useful messages
  • Undertaking general administrative duties
  • Assisting with accounts queries, postings and billing
  • Preparing, editing and formatting documents
  • Some legal research for and on behalf of the Director
  • Other such secretarial and administrative tasks as necessary and required by the Director and/or Office Manager

To be considered for this role, you must have:

  • Excellent organisational skills, and ability to multitask.
  • Impeccable time keeping and reliability.
  • Impressive communication skills: verbal and written.
  • Attention to detail, accuracy, and high-quality work.
  • Ability to hit the ground running.
  • Ability to work autonomously and as part of a Team – must be a team player.

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