Details:
- Salary: £23,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Torquay Borough of Torbay
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Our client is an award-winning firm of Solicitors providing a wide range of legal services to both individuals and businesses.
They have an excellent opportunity for a Legal Secretary to support their Private Client and Residential Property Teams.
This position would suit an individual who has experience of supporting a busy Private Client/Residential Property Team providing secretarial and administrative support to the fee earning members of the Teams. You will be competent and proficient with case management systems, a competent IT user and be able to work on your own initiative.
What you’ll be doing - Legal Secretary
* Opening files and inputting/maintaining client details
* Anti-Money Laundering verification of new and existing clients
* Receiving and making telephone calls to both clients and contacts which will involve keeping them up to date with matter progress
* Digital transcription of documents as and when directed by the members of the fee earning staff
* Ordering searches and other disbursements in line with fee earner instructions
* Keeping Electronic/manual client matter files up to date
* Liaising with all members of staff in relation to client files
* Preparing files for storage and retrieving documents via requests to the appropriate member of staff
* Scheduling of appointments for fee earners
* Meeting clients and undertaking reception duties as required
Could you be part of this friendly, award-winning team? - Legal Secretary
For this role we are looking for candidates who have have had experience of working within a law firm, and who can liaise confidently with clients via phone and email, communicate effectively and possesses a high level of attention to detail. Additionally you will be:
* Proficient in a variety of computer software applications including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
* Comfortable handling confidential information
* Good at multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks
They offer - Legal Secretary
* Salary £23,000 per year
* 24 days of annual leave plus bank holiday
* Private Health Insurance
* Company Pension Scheme
Hours - Legal Secretary
* 36 hours; 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday