Job Description
Float Legal Secretary
Hours: Full time 36.25 hours per week, Permanent
Location: Wimborne
My client is looking for a Float Legal Secretary to provide support across multiple practice areas in Wimborne.
Duties will include:
* Acting as the first point of contact for the department with people from inside and
* outside the firm.
* Screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them where appropriate
* Monitoring voicemails and taking any telephone messages in the Fee Earners’ absence
* Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments.
* Dealing with Free Consultation enquiries, collecting information and arranging
* appointments
* Dealing with correspondence and writing letters on behalf of the Fee Earners.
* Organising and prepping Fee Earners for any meetings and providing refreshments
* where required.
* Dealing with incoming emails, faxes and post, and recording these on Visual Files.
* Producing any documents, reports, correspondence etc as required, dictated or
* otherwise
* Producing invoices and reporting billed figures to the Fee Earners
* Ensuring client files are kept up to date with proper use of the Case Management System
Skills and experience required:
• Previous experience working as a Legal Secretary
• Strong IT skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Fast accurate typing
• First class communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Focuses on detail, methodical, organised, systematic
• Ability to prioritise workload and deal with any interruptions.