Conveyancing Legal Secretary
Solihull – £22,000 - £27,000
Legal Secretary - Conveyancing
Solihull - Part Time
£24,000 - £28,000
A fantastic, top 200 established Birmingham firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Conveyancing team on a part time basis.
Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Birmingham.
Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Conveyancing:
1. Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Conveyancing department
2. Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements
3. Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as audio typing
4. Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
5. Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
6. Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
7. Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
8. Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
9. Any ad-hoc secretarial admin
Skills Required:
10. Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
11. Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
12. IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
13. Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
14. Exemplary document management and filing
15. Excellent telephone manner
16. Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
17. Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
18. Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Birmingham, please get in touch for confidential consideration