Legal Secretary / Administrator
Apply to locations: Bristol
Posted on: 5 Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: JR100702
About the role
To provide an effective and efficient secretarial support service to the lawyers in the department, communicating effectively across departments and with clients. We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
Key Responsibilities
1. The produce documentation and letters as directed by fee earners.
2. To attend to clients by telephone and in person when required, in a professional, personable, and engaging manner.
3. To maintain electronic files and filing systems in an organised and efficient manner as required.
4. To assist fee earners with day-to-day administrative matters including but not limited to, opening new files, closing and archiving files, file organisation, billing procedures and making and managing appointments.
5. To carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time.
Your skills and qualifications
1. To be well organised, able to show initiative and work well under pressure where necessary.
2. To have excellent communication skills and be a real team player with a flexible and professional approach to work.
3. A proven record of delivering a high-quality service to both fee earners and clients.
4. Good IT skills, experience, and confidence with using case management systems and general Microsoft packages.
5. To be able to consistently demonstrate and embody the firm’s values.
About Us
We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.
We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency.
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