Main Duties:
The prime role of a Legal Secretary is to provide secretarial support to the care and public team lawyers.
* Typing documents including court documents and applications, emails and file notes, etc for the fee earner's
* Preparing legal aid applications on CCMS
* Opening files on the case management system
* Answering calls and assisting clients with enquiries
* Liaising with clients/professionals to arrange appointments/meetings, etc.
* Dealing with incoming emails/post and corresponding as appropriate
* Digital dictation (BigHand)
* Ensuring the case management database is continually kept updated.
* Ensuring files are fully time recorded for billing
* Preparing Court bundles.
* Assisting other fee earners within the team
* Ensuring the experts' register is updated
* Providing cover for other secretaries in their absence
* Assisting fee earners with billing and closing files, as well as invoices
Skills Required:
* Previous experience of working within a Care department at a firm of solicitors, or other similar experience.
* Good telephone manner
* Good typing skills and use of digital dictation
* Highly motivated
* Highly organised
* Willingness to take on new tasks
* Proactive and using initiative
* Efficient
* Able to prioritise workloads of different fee earners.
Benefits
· Competitive salary
· Work life balance
· Hybrid working available.
· 25 days holiday plus statutory, plus extra days for long service.
· An extra day's holiday for your birthday
· 2 x ½ days off for Life Admin Days
· Health Scheme
· 2 x Non -Contractual Bonuses per year
· Pension
· Christmas party get togethers.