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Legal Secretary

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Posted 5 hours ago, valid for 25 days
Location

Solihull, West Midlands B90 4SF

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position of Legal Secretary is available in Birmingham/Solihull, offering a salary between £26K and £30K.
  • The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a legal environment.
  • Responsibilities include providing full secretarial support to the Criminal team, managing diaries, and coordinating meetings and travel arrangements.
  • Candidates must possess excellent communication skills, proficiency in various software, and the ability to work under pressure while maintaining attention to detail.
  • The firm offers 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays and a range of competitive benefits.
LEGAL SECRETARY BIRMINGHAM / SOLIHULL - OFFICE BASED£26K - £30KDouglas Scott are on the look out for an excellent and proactive and self-motivated Legal Secretary join our leading specialist client. The role will be based at their Birmingham / Solihull office.If you are looking for an opportunity to work within a supportive, ambitious, growing and energetic team, and would like to join an award-winning law led professional law firm, we would like to hear from you. This role is perfect for an experienced Legal Secretary who has at least 3+ years experience within law.  The Role:
  • Full secretarial support to the Criminal team
  • Diary management / arranging meetings
  • Coordinating team diaries and arranging travel
  • Opening of client files
  • Ensuring regular and efficient billing and monitoring retainer arrangements
  • Carry out copying, archiving, organisation of client files and filing systems, including electronic filing
  • Make and receive telephone calls, ensuring all calls are managed
  • Arrange couriers/deliveries
  • Dealing with invoices
  • Prepare monthly client billing, expense claims and general finance tasks
  • Maintain database with client and contact details
  • Organisation of meetings, domestic and international travel, accommodation and attendance at external events and conference
  • Developing good working relationships with both internal colleagues and external clients and contacts as required, promoting a positive working culture and environment
  • Working across teams, including in particular business development, in promoting the interests of business
  • Draft correspondence and prepare standard documentation from audio/copy
The Candidate:
  • Previous experience working as a Legal Secretary of a minimum of 2 years
  • Fast and accurate typing speeds
  • Previous experience using a case management system 
  • Conversant in document formatting including track changes, auto-numbering and creating table of contents
  • Conversant in document version control 
  • Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Digital dictation and any other in-house systems in use throughout the firm  
  • Proficient in diary management; meeting arrangements, telephone and email communication 
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks and to work under pressure
  • Able to demonstrate adaptability and flexibility
  • Able to produce accurate work with strong attention to detail
  • Team player who is able to work as part of a team and use initiative but also able to work independently
  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 Birmingham / Solihull, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to .

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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.