Legal Secretary / Audio-Typist
Edinburgh City Centre based | fully office-based role
Permanent | Full time hours | Monday to Friday
Salary up to £30,000 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 role on a permanent basis.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive secretarial support to fee earners within one of my client's Legal teams.
This role would ideally suit an experienced Legal Secretary or a secretary/administrator with audio-typing experience looking to develop their career with one of Scotland’s leading Law firms.
Duties involved in this role will include:
• Timely and accurate completion of varied documentation and correspondence as required in accordance with the fee earner instructions and department styles
• Undertaking digital dictation and typing for the fee earners on a daily basis
• Dealing with incoming calls, emails & correspondence coming into the department, flagging & escalating as appropriate
• Taking & passing on messages to the appropriate person within the department
• Assisting fee earners with ad hoc administration as & when required such as form filling
• Liaising with the Secretarial Support Manager to help plan allocation of work across the teams & staff
• Various other Secretarial & Admin duties as directed
In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:
• Previous experience either as a Legal Secretary or previous audio-typing experience
• Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail – with the ability to prioritise a very busy workload & pivot your focus when needed
• First class IT and typing skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and preferably some experience of using digital dictation software
• First class communication skills – both written & verbal
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.