Trainee Secretary Edinburgh City Centre | fully office-based role Permanent role | Full-Time Hours | Monday to Friday Salary up to £25,000 per annum benefits (depending on experience) Search Consultancy are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading Law firm based in Edinburgh City Centre to recruit this brand new permanent role within their team following a promotion. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive Administration & Secretarial support to a number of Partners & Associates within one of the departments. This role would ideally suit a candidate in the early stages of their career who is looking to begin a career with a leading Scottish Legal firm on the Secretarial & PA support side of the business. Duties involved in this role will include: * Completion of Legal documentation, forms & correspondence on instruction from fee earners in a timely fashion * Carrying out copy & audio-typing as required * Handling incoming calls to the departments, dealing with initial queries, taking & passing on messages & referring calls to the appropriate person if required * Ensuring that client files & the internal client system is accurately updated following any contact * Various other Administration & Secretarial work as directed by the Support Manager & Partners In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include: * Prior Administration experience would be preferred, although this is not a pre-requisite for the role as full Secretarial training will be provided. * Good keyboard & IT skills with excellent accuracy, as typing will form a considerable part of this role. * Solid organisational & time management skills, with the ability to prioritise a busy workload effectively * First-class communication skills, both written & verbal, with the ability to show empathy when dealing with sensitive situations * Excellent attention to detail If this is the role for you, apply now! Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role. Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age