Job Description
Legal Secretary – Family/Private Client
£25,000 - £28,000
Fleet, Hampshire
Well established and highly recommended law firm with office across Surrey and London are seeking to hire a Legal Secretary to join our Family department and the Private Client department
This role will be to assist fee earners in their day-to-day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial and administrative service to fee earners within the High Net Worth Family and Private Client department:
- Providing full secretarial support including using a digital dictation system to produce correspondence and other documentation related to legal transactions.
- Taking basic instructions from clients.
- Drafting client letters, emails and other documents as required.
- General team administration including photocopying, faxing, filing and scanning.
- Meeting and greeting clients.
- Handling telephone enquiries and directing accordingly.
- E-filing court proceedings, preparing bundles for hearing and assisting with preparation of documents counsel.
- Assist the fee earner with billing.
Desired skills and experience:
- Legal Secretary experience essential.
- Either experience working within a family team or a private client team is essential.
- Fast, accurate typing ability, ideally using digital audio systems.
- Experience of using case management system.
- IT literate – Microsoft Word / Excel / Outlook / Digital Audio software / Case Management.
In return an excellent package is on offer; a salary of £25,000 - £28,000 nearby free residential parking, 20 days annual leave (increasing 1 day per year up to 23 days), Life Assurance 2x, Cycle Scheme, Eye-care Voucher scheme, discount shopping scheme, Childcare Vouchers, Fully funded social committee with events through-out the year including a Christmas and Summer Party, Pension matched up to 3%.
Hours of work are Monday-Friday 9am – 5.30pm.