Private Client Legal Secretary
Full job description
JS Legal Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £26,000 – £27,600 per year
Private Client Legal Secretary
Our client a well-established multi- office firm of solicitors, are recruiting for an experienced Private Client Legal Secretary to join their Private Client department.
The Role
- You will provide full secretarial support to the fee earner
- Using digital dictation system to produce correspondence related to private client maters
- Diary keeping
- Meeting with clients to witness execution of client’s wills/documents
- Drafting basic Wills, LPA’s and court of protection applications
- Typing of Wills, LPA’s
- Witnessing client Wills
- Knowledge of IHT forms, Estate Accounts and Grant of probate desirable
- Production of attendance notes
- Set up and administration of trusts
- Court of Protection/ Deputyship
Experience required:
- You will possess at least 1 years recent Private Client experience
- Fast and accurate typing skills including digital audio systems
- Experience with case management
- Strong IT Skills including Windows 2019 and Office 2016/365 (proclaim desirable )
- Excellent communication skills and a sympathetic ear
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to prioritise and multitask
- Excellent telephone manor
- Possess the ability to deal with client queries when fee earners are out of the office
- Monday to Friday 9am- 5.30pm
- Pleasant working environment
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Contact Julie Sheridan at JS Legal Recruitment Ltd, quoting reference JSL2168 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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