This leading legal 500 private practice is investing heavily in the future development of its respected Private Client Team, making this an exciting time to join.
The team is hugely successful and as such continues to grow. They work with a vast range of clients including high net worth individuals and the Partners are considered some of the best in the business.
The role is varied and interesting and responsibilities shall include:
- Answering telephone calls, taking messages, setting up appointments and managing team diaries
- Opening money laundering and legal files
- Secretarial support to Solicitors and Paralegals: mainly typing of dictation, fee notes, client correspondence
- Entering precise data quickly and correctly
- Office administration duties: filing and scanning
- Mail duties- Organising all mail for signature, collection and allocation of mail to appointed staff within the department, ensuring all mail leaves the department on the day scheduled
- Assisting with the receipt of new instructions / referrals
- Using various computer systems to create/update and maintain client records accurately
- Dealing with basic client queries and taking messages where appropriate
- Preparing fee notes
- Registering Powers of Attorney
- Completion of forms
- Lodging & uplifting of wills and documents
- Debt Management
The team work throughout Scotland and you shall provide support as necessary across the offices. You will be highly organised, have the ability to manage various tasks with competing deadlines and have exceptional communication and IT skills.
You will be supported in your role to further develop your skills and expertise and together with a very generous benefits package, you shall receive a competitive salary in line with your experience.
You must have previous proven experience of successfully managing a multi faceted workload within a private client setting.
You shall also have the opportunity for some hybrid working after a successful settling in period.
Please contact Deborah Collier at QED Legal on the details provided for more information.