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Our client, a well-established law firm, is recruiting a Legal Secretary to join their friendly team.
The ideal candidate will have previous secretarial experience, ideally within a law firm. Applications from candidates with secretarial experience in other sectors are also welcome. You will be supporting Fee Earners, dealing with enquiries & managing appointments.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Acting as the first point of contact for the department
- Dealing with emails, phone calls, enquiries and requests.
- Organising and maintaining diaries, arranging appointments.
- Writing letters on behalf of the Fee Earners.
- Organising and prepping Fee Earners for any meetings.
- Producing any documents, reports, correspondence etc. as required
- Producing invoices and reporting billed figures to the Fee Earners
- Ensuring client files are kept up to date
- Assistance / cover for other secretaries, as required
The ideal candidate:
- IT literate, with the ability to pick up new systems and processes.
- Friendly and approachable
- A team player, who enjoys helping and supporting others
- Able to remain calm, even under pressure
- Takes pride and responsibility in their work
- Maintains appropriate client contact
- Detail focused, methodical, organised and systematic
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written
- Able to prioritise workload
- Excellent customer service
Required Experience:
- Ideally you will have experience of working in a legal environment
- Minimum GCSE qualifications or equivalent
- Excellent organisational skills
- Fast accurate typing
Benefits include:
- Fresh fruit available to staff in the kitchen.
- Private healthcare policy & health cash plan are available to staff.
- Life insurance
- Annual sick pay allowance
- Option to buy additional holiday
