Legal Secretary

Team: Corporate (one vacancy) & Employment (one vacancy)

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Knowledge and experience

You must be an experienced secretary with strong word processing and audio typing skills. You will preferably have at least two years experience in a legal environment and be a hard working, committed team player.

Skills required

  • To develop strong team relationships
  • To communicate concisely both verbally and in writing with internal and external clients
  • To type quickly and accurately
  • To plan and organise work
  • To demonstrate flexibility and commitment, assisting other teams as and when necessary.

Key tasks

  • Typing - audio and copy typing
  • Filing - electronic and paper
  • Arranging travel
  • Diary management
  • Liasing with clients
  • Opening new files - ensuring files are Lexcel compliant and assisting with money laundering procedures
  • Monitoring e-mail inboxes for fee earners who are absent from office
  • Assisting with the production of marketing material and seminar notes
  • Producting billing guides and billing report printouts to enable bills to be produced monthly
  • Archiving.

The more junior fee-earners, especially trainees, welcome the care and skill with which their work is monitored. When necessary, corrections are required firmly, yet sensitively, and by encouragement and explanation, learning is achieved and motivation sustained.

Lexcel assessor

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Sarah Cook
Head of Human Resources
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0117 314 5217