Eventus Legal are seeking a Legal Secretary with experience in Family Law to join a well-established and growing Yorkshire law firm. The successful candidate will be undertaking a responsible and varied role on a permanent basis.
Role responsibilities
The incoming Legal Secretary will be supporting an experienced Solicitor with their caseload of Privately funded family law matters, enabling them to operate efficiently and effectively, often with tight deadlines. You will be preparing accurate correspondence and documents through copy typing, audiotyping and word processing on a case-management system. You will be the first point of contact for all client enquiries, manage the fee-earners diary, prepare court bundles and other documentation such as Form E's and essentially support the Solicitor in all aspects of their role.
Person specification
The successful Legal Secretary will have previous experience in Family Law and will be used to working to tight deadlines, often with urgent tasks arising throughout the day. You will have excellent IT and audiotyping skills plus good written and spoken communication skills. You must be highly organised and work on your own initiative to tight deadlines.
Preference will be given to candidates with previous family law experience, digital dictation and experience of working on a case-management system.
Rewards
This Legal Secretary will be joining an incredibly supportive and team orientated organisation with an excellent benefits package alongside a generous salary. The firm have a professional and well-respected workforce who all work well together to create a collegiate working environment. You will be contracted for 35 hours per week and will receive 26 days annual leave allowance, in addition to bank holidays. Currently due to the COVID tier 2 restrictions in place there will be a mix of home and office working.
About the Company
The firm is a highly successful regional law firm who continue to grow even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The firm are friendly, flexible and take a modern approach with their employees.
Next Steps
If you are interested in learning more about this Legal Secretary role, please send your CV to Vanessa Grey at Eventus Legal or contact for a confidential discussion.