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Private Client Legal Secretary

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Redditch, Worcestershire B97 5LN

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Legal Secretary in the Private Client department at a leading firm in Redditch, offering a salary between £23,000 and £26,000.
  • The role requires extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary and proficiency in tools like iManage and Bighand, as well as Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Key responsibilities include providing high-level support to partners, managing diaries, organizing complex travel arrangements, and assisting with daily secretarial duties.
  • The firm offers 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays and a range of competitive benefits.
  • Candidates should possess excellent organization and prioritization skills, along with the ability to train junior team members.
Legal Secretary - Private ClientRedditch£23,000 - £26,000  A fantastic, leading firm in Redditch, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Private Client team. 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 fee earners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Redditch. Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Private Client:
  • Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Private Client Department
  • Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
  • Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
  • Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
  • 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
  • Ad hoc Admin
Skills Required:
  • Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
  • 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, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Redditch, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to

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