Personal Injury Secretary

Personal Injury Secretary
£26,000 – £27,600 per year
Sevenoaks, Kent
Car owner/driver

Required qualifications, skills and experience

of working at partner level
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Reliable, presentable and capable of working as part of a team
Trained in secretarial practise
Excellent word processing and audio typing skills. Digital dictation an advantage
Previous legal secretarial experience personal injury distinct advantage

Role

The prime role of the legal secretary is to provide direct support to his/her Principal (s) to enable the Principal (s) to operate at optimum efficiency. This will include but will not be limited to the main responsibilities given below. The legal secretary is expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative.

Main Responsibilities

To prepare correspondence and documents through audio typing and word processing
To administer filing which will include daily filing and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of clients files in accordance with the detailed procedures contained in the office manual
To prepare mail and enclosure for despatch
To make appointments, arrange meetings and to maintain an up to date diary
To prepare any room for meetings if necessary and for the tidying and clearance of the room at the end of the meeting
To provide refreshments when asked to do so
To provide support to other secretaries as required
To provide guidance to junior and temporary secretaries when required to do so
To attend clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm standards for client care
To undertake any specific training when required to do so and overall to have a responsibility towards self-development

Please note that if your application is successful and our client wish to see you then you will be required to attend an interview in the Surrey area.

Please makesure when you apply for this position that you have where you reside on your CV.

PRC Employment are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. We receive high volume of CV’s and will only contact you if your application is successful. We do not discriminate on grounds of Disability, Race, Age, Gender, Creed or Sexual Orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.

Please only apply if you are a UK resident.