Legal Secretary
Barnsley
£24,000 - 28,000
My client, an award-winning Law Firm, is looking to recruit a Legal Secretary to join their Private Client team, based in Barnsley.
Main Duties:
1. Provide cost-effective support to fee earners within the team and work of the department.
2. Typing documents, emails, and file notes for the fee earners.
3. Setting up new appointments, answering telephone calls, and speaking to clients and solicitors.
4. Demonstrate good organisational skills.
5. Join team meetings and make suggestions for more efficient administration.
6. Assist with new precedents.
7. Liaise with other members of the admin team.
8. Digital dictation (BigHand).
9. Maintain a high degree of autonomy and self-organisation.
10. Ensure files are fully time recorded for billing.
11. Assist other fee earners within the team.
12. Provide cover for other secretaries in their absence.
13. Be the initial point of contact, take new enquiry calls, book appointments, and manage diaries.
14. Open and close files.
15. Scan in daily post and manage general filing.
16. Deal with Will and document requests.
17. Draft generic letters (Client Care Letters, initial letters to banks advising of deaths).
18. Draft SEV forms and notices of renunciation.
Skills Required:
1. Previous experience of working within the legal sector.
2. Experience in drafting basic Lasting Power of Attorneys (LPAs) and Wills.
3. Excellent telephone manner and typing skills, with proficiency in digital dictation.
4. Highly motivated and organised.
5. Willingness to take on new tasks.
6. Proactive and able to use initiative.
7. Efficient and able to prioritise workloads of different fee earners.
Benefits:
1. Competitive salary.
2. Work-life balance.
3. Hybrid working available.
4. 25 days holiday plus statutory, plus extra days for long service.
5. An extra day's holiday for your birthday.
6. 2 x ½ days off for Life Admin Days.
7. Health Scheme.
8. 2 x Non-Contractual Bonuses per year.
9. Pension.
10. Christmas party get-togethers.
If you are an experienced Legal Secretary interested in this role, please apply as soon as possible!
CLD Recruitment (Leeds) Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. CLD Recruitment (Leeds) Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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