Secretary / Office Coordinator (Administration, Clerical) Blus15908

Secretary/Office Coordinator (Administration, Clerical) BLUS15908
Liverpool
Circa £19,000

Our client was founded in 1969 and is recognised as a leading niche practice with a breadth of expertise in the insurance claims and litigation sector. Their heritage is based on recruiting and retaining legal professionals who are able to deliver both in-depth technically expert advice and a personal approach to clients by delivering bespoke solutions. They have over 450 members of staff based across their headquarters in Manchester, together with offices in London, Liverpool and Sheffield.

They are now looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Secretary/Office Coordinator to join them at their office in Liverpool; to work within a small team, providing direct secretarial support to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the department.

The main purpose of the role is to provide full and comprehensive support to the Partners and Fee Earners based at the Liverpool Office, ensuring that all matters are dealt with effectively and in a timely manner so the department operates at optimum efficiency. You will ensure that the office runs smoothly at all times, with regards to the administration and office requirements.

You will also have some Office Coordinator duties including overseeing the day to day running of the department, ensuring that the workflow is completed to the appropriate standards and within required timescales by allocating effective resource within the team. You will be responsible for supervision of the secretarial and administration staff, ensuring all 121s are undertaken as well as team meetings and training etc.

In order to be successful in this role, it is essential that you have proven recent experience (minimum of 3 years) in a legal Secretarial role (preferably in Personal Injury). With excellent audio typing skills (using digital dictation), you will also have experience of using the Solcase system along with excellent computer and data entry skills.

Excellent administration and organisational skills are also important and you should have an excellent telephone manner and the ability to use your initiative.

Only candidates who meet the above criteria will be considered for a formal interview

Hours – 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 7 hours per day working between 8am – 6pm

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.