I'm currently supporting a leading Law firm recruit for afull-timeLegal Secretary to join theirFamily Department. This role is part of a support team that provides secretarial and administrative support to our fee earners, ensuring they can focus on the legal work and provide an efficient, friendly and professional service to our clients.
Responsibilities:
Providing general secretarial support including diary management, digital dictation, file management etc.
Preparing court forms including Form E, petitions, general applications etc.
Producing court bundles and preparing briefs to counsel
Dealing with client enquiries both in person and by phone
Skills and experience:
Excellent administrative skills able to maintain accuracy and work at fast pace
Highly organised able to manage and correctly prioritise own workload, able to manage work from multiple fee earners, demonstrates an understanding of urgency and importance
Demonstrates a proactive approach e.g. performs routine / agreed tasks without prompting, keeps fee earners informed on administrative work in progress, maintains an awareness of department deadlines and reminds fee earners to assist others in working to deadlines proactive but in line with the scope of their role
IT literate and willin...