Float Legal Secretary
Alconbury
Full time/Permanent
Office Based
Salary up to £30,000 depending on skill set and experience
Prescient Group is partnered with a highly prestigious, professional top 150 national law firm with five strategically located offices across the Midlands and East Anglia.
They adopt a one-team ethos across all offices and pride themselves on building longstanding relationships with clients
You will join a welcoming, professional team who work collaboratively as one by:
Building trust, driving to be better, embracing individual talent, making a difference, and using big picture thinking that gets the detail right
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in interesting and good quality work as a member of a growing team which looks outwards and thrives on delivering a great job for clients.
The role comes with some fantastic financial, physical, and social benefits
Main Responsibilities
provide the team and wider firm with typing, secretarial and administrative support.
Assist with digital dictation and administrative support across the company in line with the Company’s workflow ethic.
Transcribe and prepare all correspondence and documents through audiotyping and word processing, using Company precedents where appropriate.
Operate case management system including storing documents electronically – organising and attaching to relevant matters.
Deal with administrative routines as required to include scanning, faxing, printing, binding, and photocopying.
Be involved in the efficient management of client/matter files to include general filing in a timely and accurate manner together with file opening, preparation of client care letters and terms and conditions, file closure and archiving.
Make appointments, arrange meetings, and maintain manager/fee earners diary as required
Monitoring compliance and Lexcel requirements.
Work within relevant administrative systems and procedures, particularly in the management of finances, recording time, preparation of bills and correspondence.
Skills Required
computer literacy, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
A typing speed of at least 65 wpm/90% accuracy.
excellent attention to detail, including spelling and punctuation.
An ability to organise own work effectively and plan well to meet required deadlines.
The ability to work effectively in a team environment.
This role will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standards, Counter Terrorist Check and Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.
Contact: Emma or Charlotte at Prescient Group
***Due to the nature of the business, the successful candidate will need to undertake full Safeguarding vetting and an enhanced DBS check***
If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.
The Prescient Group will be managing your application by the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, we will contact you and manage your personal data in accordance with the guidelines of GDPR