We are on the lookout for an experienced Legal Secretary. As the backbone of any law firm we know how fundamentally important this role is to the overall success and smooth operation of our practice. If you would like to join a warm friendly and cooperative team of highly experienced colleagues we’d love to hear from you! We are a relatively small firm – large enough to provide good support and enough resources to do the job well, but small and flexible enough that you will not be lost in a crowd and your contributions and talents will be recognised. We always endeavour to assist colleagues in finding their niche and working to their strengths.
We are a well-established firm with a current team of four excellent Legal Secretaries, each with their own practice area with specific fee earners, but who sometimes help out in other departments to assist with holiday leave or to support occasional busy periods. Our Legal Secretaries are also supported by Paralegals who can deal with the more straightforward and routine administrative tasks including file opening, AML compliance and Land Registry applications. We use digital dictation and playback which allows the fee earners the opportunity to prioritise fairly to avoid stressful bottlenecks and transparency with workloads, and the firm is paper light, so happily filing is not a regular task!
We would love to find someone with solid commercial/property or private client experience but a desire to learn will work just as well. The position will be full time (35 hour week, part time can be considered for the ideal candidate) in either the commercial department or the private client department depending on the relevant experience of the successful candidate. Hopefully your attention to detail will be strong and you will firmly recognise the importance of excellent client care.
The role entails:-
- Audio typing: including attendance notes, preparing initial draft documents, document formatting, searches, compliance and general client related administrative tasks
- Client care and communication: being the first point of contact for calls and enquiries on the telephone and in person, assisting clients with enquiries on their matters, providing updates
- Fee earner support, administrative assistance and general file management
