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Family Legal Secretary

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Limited
Posted 11 days ago, valid for 25 days
Location

Taunton, Somerset TA4 1BY, England

Salary

£20,000 - £25,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

Sonic Summary

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  • Salary: Not specified
  • Experience Required: Previous secretarial experience within family law or a recent law graduate with some legal experience and an interest in family law
  • Working in a well-established law firm with a friendly atmosphere
  • Providing first-class legal secretarial service in a busy Family team
  • Key responsibilities include general secretarial/administrative duties, accurate touch-typing, communication with clients, managing matters on case management system

A well-established law firm with a number of offices across Somerset that genuinely values its employees which reflects in their longevity of staff and creates a lovely, friendly atmosphere. This is a superb role that would suit an organised, focused individual who takes pride in their work, and enjoys a busy role. TThe Job:Working in our clients busy Family team, you will provide a first-class legal secretarial service. This is a varied and interesting role working within a supportive and friendly team. You will need to be an accurate typist. You will also be required to speak to clients to keep them appraised of progress, undertake audio typing, draft documents, perform detailed diary management, manage matters on our case management system - from opening a matter to final billing as well as keeping databases updated. Experience in the use of MS Office to include Word and Excel will be essential.

Key ResponsibilitiesGeneral secretarial / administrative duties such as preparation of correspondence, dealing with incoming and outgoing post, filing, photocopying, printing, drafting documents, performing detailed diary managementAccurate touch-typing with experience of audio typing and word processingCommunicating with clients over the phone and over email to keep them appraised of progressManaging matters on case management system from opening a matter to final billing as well as keeping databases updated

The Person:Previous secretarial experience within family law or a recent law graduate with some legal experience and an interest in family lawHighly accurate touch typistExperience in the use of Microsoft Office to include Word and Excel will be essentialAn organised, positive individual with a can-do attitude that is able to multi-task.

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