Legal Secretary - Mental Health Team

Legal Secretarial Assistant   – Mental Health Department

Location: Walsall

Salary: £20,820 to £23,000 per annum, depending on experience

We are working in partnership with a well-established, multi office law firm who are looking for a diligent proactive Legal Secretarial assistant who enjoys a fast-paced environment.

The role will involve:

• Working as part of a team of dedicated secretarial assistants, providing support to lawyers within the Mental Health team
• Managing multi priorities, working for a dedicated team of Lawyers who specialise in Court of Protection and Mental Health Law, with a proven track record of providing legal aid services to vulnerable clients.
• Providing secretarial and administrative support
• Audio and copy typing of legal documents
• Scanning, copying and filing
• Use of a legal case management system
• Diary management

Suitable candidates will have:

• A good degree of computer literacy, with experience in Word, Excel and Outlook
• Fast, accurate typing skills
• Organisational skills
• The ability to deal with clients and professionals by telephone
• The desire to provide a first-class service to clients along
• An enthusiastic approach to work
• The ability to work well as part of a team
• Legal secretarial or legal administrative experience (preferred but not essential)     
• Experience of supporting a mental health team (preferred but not essential)

This is a full-time permanent job working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The role is fully office-based, in a friendly office, working with a modern case management system.

Benefits include ongoing training in a supportive environment, excellent career prospects, and a pension scheme.

Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be commensurate with experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge.

For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions

About Talentwise

Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.

We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.

About Your Consultant

Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service – the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.

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