Legal Secretary - Conveyancing
Devizes
My client is a well-established and award-winning law firm who are current recruiting for a Conveyancing Legal Secretary to join their Devizes office on a full-time or part time basis. They offer a positive, supportive, and forward- looking environment in which to grow your career.
Duties will include:
- Managing Fee Earner's diary
- Preparing files for billing
- Screening incoming calls
- Typing of correspondence, photocopying, filing sending faxes and opening new files.
- Sorting and prioritising mail, emails and messages
- Dealing with client's matters where appropriate
- Supporting in all areas of work where appropriate
- Provision of a reliable and efficient service to clients
- Provision of a professional & friendly service to clients with the ability to recognise when clients may be going through a difficult process e.g. divorce or family transactions.
- Preparation of straightforward legal documents
- Commitment to the LEXCEL & Investors in People standards, the requirements of the Law Society and to understand them.
Skills and experience required:
Essential:
- Proven experience of Legal Secretary work
- To have the ability to remain calm, polite and focused when dealing with different situations
- To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all employees
- Great attention to detail
- To be able to produce a high standard of work when under pressure
- The ability to make sound decisions taking ownership when required.
- To present in a professional manner
- To have excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages
Desirable:
- Legal Secretary Level 2 Certificate/Diploma
- Experience of Investors in People and LEXCEL accreditation
- An understanding &/or experience in Post Completions would be a great advantage