Location: Lyme Regis
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Salary: £25,000 - £28,500 dependent on experience
Hours:Office based, Monday-Thursday 9am-5.30pm and Friday 9am-5pm (some flexibility is available)
Benefits: 25 days hols + Bank hols (including 3 for Christmas shutdown), birthday off, no onsite parking but provide car parking permit for local car park, pension, medical insurance after probation, social events during the year
Aspire Jobs are delighted to be working in partnership with ourprofessional services client who are a well-established and growing firm based in Lyme Regis, who are seeking to recruit a Legal Secretary to join their busy team.This is a perfect time to join a growing and progressive thinking team and firm.
The successful Legal Secretary?will provide support to fee earners and partners who are focused on providing a very high-quality legal service?to their clients.The role would suit someone with experience of working as a Legal Secretary, and if you have experience of working within Private Client, this would be beneficial.
The successful candidate will be IT literate, will be able to manage a varied workload to include secretarial assistance, answering calls, filing, typing (inc audio), document production, file and diary management and general office administration.
Although having a legal secretarial background is ideal, our client will consider good all-round administrators or strong secretaries who are willing to learn and work within legal as well as provide comprehensive administrative support.Key requirements for the role are:
* Experience of liaising with clients, on the phone and on email.
* Strong organisational skills and the ability to work well as part of a team to meet tight deadlines.
* Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
* An excellent understanding and working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
* Experience using modern document management systems.
* Good typing skills - audio typing skills also would be highly regarded.
* Experience working as a Legal Secretary - if you have Private Client experience, this would be highly beneficial.
Professionalism, great communication and strong Legal Secretary, Secretarial/PA or strong administration skills and experience are essential. xsngvjr You will be given full training and have a willingness to learn.