This highly regarded law firm based in Barnsley is currently seeking an experience Legal Secretary to join their Private Client team. This is a busy and varied role where you will be responsible for providing effective and professional secretarial support to their Fee Earners.
The ideal applicant will be an experienced Legal Secretary, you will have excellent organisational skills along with a fast and accurate typing speed.
Duties will include:
Typing documents, emails and file notes, etc for the fee earner's
Setting up new appointments, answering telephone, speaking to clients and solicitors
Good organisational skills
Joining team meetings and making suggestions for more efficient admin
Assisting with new precedents
Liaising with other members of the admin team
Digital dictation (BigHand)
High degree of autonomy and self-organisation.
Ensuring files are fully time recorded for billing
Assisting other fee earners within the team
Providing cover for other secretaries in their absence
Initial point of contact, take new enquiry calls, book appointments, diary management.
Open and close files.
Scan in daily post and general filing.
Deal with Will and document requests.
Drafting generic letters (Client Care Letters, initial letters to banks etc advising of deaths).
Draft SEV forms and notices of renunciation
Person specification - key skills/qualifications required:
The ideal candidate will need previous experience of working within the legal sector
Experiencing in drafting basic Lasting Power of Attorneys (LPAs) and Wills
Excellent telephone manner, typing skills and use of digital dictation
Good typing skills and use of digital dictation
Highly motivated
Highly organised
Willingness to take on new tasks
Proactive and using initiative
Efficient
Able to prioritise workloads of different fee earners