Legal Secretary
Crewkerne
Start ASAP
Circa £28,000 plus benefits
We are seeking an experienced nd highly skilled Legal Secretary to work for the Family team for a leading legal services firm in Crewkerne. Your role will be to provide timely, accurate, professional, and efficient secretarial service to Fee Earners as directed in order for Fee Earners to ensure the highest level of service to clients at all times. We would consider candidates from other legal disciplines, but ideally someone from Family legal experience would be advantageous.
This is a lovely firm, with a wonderful culture, a brilliant reputation.
Main responsibilities:
* Audio typing and word processing
* Ensure efficient upkeep of all databases, records, filing systems, opening and closing of files
* Sorting, scanning and allocating post to matters, cross referencing important information details
* Client communication, both via telephone and email, answering queries and providing information
* Communication with relevant parties such as providers, agents and other solicitors etc where applicable
* Complete ID and other relevant compliance required for files
* Fee Earners/Partner's diary management
* Production or accurate, timely and professionally presented documentation, including collating documents together with enclosers
* Ongoing review matters, including quarterly and peer to peer review and chasing aged debts appropriately
* Dealing with financial matters, such as completing of posting slips to claim money for invoices, transferring monies, sending to third parties/clients add disbursements to the ledger
* Assist in the training of new staff
* Assist the other departments as directed
* To ensure conductive working relationships with clients, colleagues and other associated third parties
* Any additional duties that may be required
Knowledge, Experience and Skills required
* Strong attention to detail
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as working on own initiative
* Ability to prioritise and multitask and manage time effectively to meet deadlines
* Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English
* Good reliability and time management
* Strong Microsoft Office and quick, accurate typing skills
* Adaptable and flexible, as you are required to undertake many elements of work at any given time
* Professionally presented
* Appropriate competency level of knowledge and experience in the relevant area(s) of law
* Proactive, 'can do' attitude
* A high degree of diplomacy and confidentiality in respect of clients, matters, employees and Partners of the Firm