Legal Secretary
Full job description
JS Legal Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30,000 – £34,200 per year
Family Legal Secretary
Fed up traveling to London want to work for a Colchester based firm with a London vibe? Our client is recruiting for an experienced Family Secretary to be part of their Divorce and Family Team. They offer a friendly and supportive working environment and a good work/life balance.
Operating an open- door policy, the firm has a strong commitment to personal and professional development. As their family legal secretary, you will contribute towards delivering a proactive legal support service to the companies lawyers.
In your role as a family legal secretary, you will join a busy and highly regarded team working alongside two partners and three solicitors who provide specialist advice and guidance to their clients through the entire divorce and separation process.
The Role
- Providing secretarial support to divorce and family solicitors
- Audio typing from digital dictation
- Diary management
- File and case management, bill preparation
- Meeting and greeting clients when required
- Opening, closing and archiving files
- Building and maintaining knowledge of clients and their matters
- Handling all legal paperwork involved in divorce and separation
The Person
- Ideally you will have worked within a family team in the last 12 months. However legal secretaries from other legal disciplines will also be considered
- A professional attitude, be discreet and appreciating the absolute confidentiality of everything you do
- Able to work as part of a team as well as working on your own initiative
- Be confident and presentable
- Able to demonstrate a pr0 -active approach to your work
- Possess proven IT skills including Microsoft Office, Audio typing skills
- Knowledge of PDF Document bunding
Benefits to you
- Salary dependant on experience
- 22 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional days for Christmas closure
- Enrolment in the firms Workplace Pension scheme upon completion of three months employment
- Health cash plan scheme upon completion of 6 months service
- Lovely working environment
Contact Julie Sheridan at JS Legal Recruitment Ltd, quoting reference JSL2229 now your cv or call for a confidential discussion. For more information on other vacancies JS Legal recruitment Ltd are handling please apply.
All successful applications will be responded to within 7 working days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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