Part Time Legal Secretary Canterbury

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Canterbury
Salary
9300.00 - 10800.00 GBP Annual
Posted
28 Aug 2017
Closes
21 Sep 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Part Time Legal Secretary Canterbury

Recruitment Solutions Folkestone Ltd, is now recruiting, for our highly respectable and well know client in East Kent at their Canterbury Office, the role is to provide secretarial and administrative support to the department. Working 3 days per week our client is flexible regards which days, annual salary GBP10,800 for 3 days per week. You MUST have relevant secretarial experience gained from within a busy legal practice (preferably Private Client and/or Family and its essential to be a proficient audio typist.

Our client would consider Trainee but must have CILEx Legal Secretarial Diploma (this would be on a trainee annual part time salary of GBP9,300 for the 3 days per week

All About the Role!!

Providing full secretarial support for Partner, including arranging appointments, dealing with client queries in person and by phone, together with preparation of correspondence and documents by audio
Filing, photocopying and opening/closing client files in a timely manner. Maintaining and coordinating Partner's diary and diary notes and reporting on these as necessary.
Regular consideration of client files and liaising with Partner and fee earners on any action required.
Maintaining and coordinating diaries and diary notes and reporting on these as necessary. •
Working as a member of the secretarial team; answering incoming calls, greeting visitors to Reception on occasion, collection/delivery of daily incoming/outgoing post and DX, and any other general office administrative duties as required
To ensure confidentiality on all appropriate matters and recognise that any breach of this confidentiality will be treated very seriously.

All About you!!

Relevant secretarial experience gained from within a busy legal practice (preferably Private Client and/or Family Must be a proficient audio typist.
Familiar with transcription via Digital Dictation (desirable)
Familiarity with using a Practice Management System (Legal Office/Videss
No formal qualifications are required (CILEX Legal Secretarial Diploma or equivalent would be an advantage) along with good all round education; both literate and numerate
Competent in the use of MS Word and Outlook (Professional) gained in a working environment, preferably the legal industry
Accurate in producing good quality correspondence
Clear verbal and written communication skills, capable of drafting own basic correspondence as necessary
Team working (flexible and adaptable to the needs of the team)
Uses initiative in dealing with incoming queries
Ability to work on own initiative
Confident and assertive whilst sympathetic and understanding towards clients who may be distressed, whilst remaining professional a tall times
Ability to balance priorities in order to meet sometimes demanding deadlines and to have attention to accuracy and detail

Please ONLY apply for this role if you have Legal Secretarial Experience or CILEX along with Audio Typing Skills. Candidates will be shortlisted and contacted within 3 working days, please check spam for any automatic replies