Parttime Family Assistant / Secretary

Part-time Family Assistant/Secretary
22.5 hours a week over 3 days per week ( Wed, Thur, Fri )
£18,000 pro rata

We are currently seeking a part time family legal secretary/assistant to join a prestigious legal firm in Northampton. You will be responsible for the following:

Collating post and looking out and after Fee Earners files
Maintaining fee earners diary
Preparing typed work from digital dictation
US MS Office ( Word and Excel ) and any case management system installed
Photocopying, binding and collating documents
Maintaining fee earners libraries on the computer system ensuring obsolete docs are removed
Preparing accounts dockets for client and office payments and recipes
Dealing with telephone enquiries and telephone messages
Dealing with email enquiries and messages
Attending out of the office on rare occasions to administer clients Wills/files documents at court/sit behind council
Deal with external and incoming calls at other times when the reception is not manned
Undertake reception duties when the receptionist is not available on a rota basis
Prepare faxes and fax headers for transmission and, when required to send faxes
Make accounts enquiries when required
Opening and closing files when required
Assisting with post and DX delivery
Obtaining files and Archive store
Filing and ensuring files are kept in order
Ensuring supply of stationeryThe Candidate

Strong typing skills
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Experienced within diary management
Highly organised.