Legal Secretary
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Malton
- Salary
- 17000.00 - 18500.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 24 May 2021
- Closes
- 21 Jun 2021
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Are you an experienced Legal Secretary?
We are recruiting on behalf of our client who is looking for Legal Secretary to join their team. With a proven ability to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Legal Advisers the secretary is expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative. Assisting in the provision of an efficient, personal and professional service at all times and ensuring achievement of business objectives is key for this role.
Key Responsibilities
Preparing correspondence and documents through audio, copy typing and laser forms, ensuring that such correspondence and documents are checked for errors before passing to Legal Adviser.
To administer filing in correct dated order and on a timely basis. This will include daily filing and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with the detailed procedures contained in the Office Procedures, Manual and Departmental Guidelines.
To prepare mail and enclosures for despatch, ensuring that all mail to be posted is given to the Legal Adviser with all relevant enclosures.
To arrange for all copying to be done, in person if Administration staff are not available to undertake the task.
To make appointments, arrange meetings, book meeting rooms and to maintain an up-to-date diary for the Legal Adviser.
To provide support and guidance to other secretaries as required and at all times work as a team player.
To attend clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide assistance in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm's standards for client care.
To ensure that any telephone calls are answered promptly by answering colleague's telephones if they are not available and ensure that telephone messages are passed promptly and accurately to Legal Advisers.
To undertake any specific training when required to do so and overall to have a responsibility towards self-development.
To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm's and client's documentation and information.
To carry out the file opening procedures after the file is opened by the Legal Adviser by completing the relevant screens in the case management system and the administration i.e labels, file cards, risk assessment sheets.
To ensure that correct procedures relating to the storage and sending out of clients deeds and documents are followed at all times
Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited and Grafton Professional Staffing Limited. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all of our candidates and clients. Following some recent changes to data protection laws we have updated our Privacy Policy. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group UK website
We are recruiting on behalf of our client who is looking for Legal Secretary to join their team. With a proven ability to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Legal Advisers the secretary is expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative. Assisting in the provision of an efficient, personal and professional service at all times and ensuring achievement of business objectives is key for this role.
Key Responsibilities
Preparing correspondence and documents through audio, copy typing and laser forms, ensuring that such correspondence and documents are checked for errors before passing to Legal Adviser.
To administer filing in correct dated order and on a timely basis. This will include daily filing and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with the detailed procedures contained in the Office Procedures, Manual and Departmental Guidelines.
To prepare mail and enclosures for despatch, ensuring that all mail to be posted is given to the Legal Adviser with all relevant enclosures.
To arrange for all copying to be done, in person if Administration staff are not available to undertake the task.
To make appointments, arrange meetings, book meeting rooms and to maintain an up-to-date diary for the Legal Adviser.
To provide support and guidance to other secretaries as required and at all times work as a team player.
To attend clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide assistance in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm's standards for client care.
To ensure that any telephone calls are answered promptly by answering colleague's telephones if they are not available and ensure that telephone messages are passed promptly and accurately to Legal Advisers.
To undertake any specific training when required to do so and overall to have a responsibility towards self-development.
To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm's and client's documentation and information.
To carry out the file opening procedures after the file is opened by the Legal Adviser by completing the relevant screens in the case management system and the administration i.e labels, file cards, risk assessment sheets.
To ensure that correct procedures relating to the storage and sending out of clients deeds and documents are followed at all times
Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited and Grafton Professional Staffing Limited. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all of our candidates and clients. Following some recent changes to data protection laws we have updated our Privacy Policy. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group UK website