Legal Secretary

I'm supporting a local law firm that values creativity, hard work, individuality, ambition, and fun, who is recruiting for an experienced Legal secretary to join the team. They offer competitive pay, fantastic employee benefits, and the opportunity to grow in a thriving, forward thinking environment. This is more than a job; it's a chance for you to develop new skills and be part of our success. They have a fantastic group of people who work hard, are dedicated, and demonstrate great commitment to help you to improve and support you the best we can.

You will be working within the Litigation department providing high quality administrative support and secretarial services, engaging with the team and clients to build and develop strong working relationships and contribute towards making the firm an inspiring and successful place to work.

Typical Activities:

• Dealing with all administrative duties relating to client transactions and secretarial requirements including, Managing lawyer's diary
• Preparing files for billing
• Screening incoming calls
• Dealing with initial enquiries, providing costs information to prospective clients, and taking relevant information about the case in order to open a file
• Preparing correspondence (mainly using digital transcription service, converting transcripts into letters/documents, checking contents and typing amendments)
• Photocopying, filing, sending emails
• Opening new files on our case management systems
• Sorting and prioritising mail, emails and messages
• Organising electronic files on our case management system
• Preparing electronic bundles, using our case management software
• Liaising with other parties including courts, counsel, and experts to make bookings and organise meetings
• Chasing clients for payment of bills
• Preparing files for closure & archiving
• Dealing with client's matters where appropriate

The ideal candidate will be -

• Professional, reliable, efficient & friendly service to clients with the ability to recognise when clients may be going through a difficult process
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proven experience of Legal Secretary work
• To have the ability to remain calm, polite and focused when dealing with different situations
• To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all employees
• Sound general administrative experience
• Great attention to detail
• To enjoy a varied workload and working at pace
• To be able to produce a high standard of work when under pressure
• The ability to make sound decisions, taking ownership when required
• To present in a professional manner
• To demonstrate flexibility in approach
• To have excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages

Please apply asap - this is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great company culture.