Legal Secretary

A leading local practice require the skills and expertise of an experienced Legal Secretary to join them and provide ad-hoc temporary cover for around 4-6 weeks, providing first-class secretarial support within their Wills and Probate department.

You MUST be able to start on Monday 18^th October 2021.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Acting as first point of call for all incoming calls
• Drafting letters and emails
• Digital dictation and transcription of legal documents and correspondence
• Putting together Powers of Attorney documents
• Opening and closing of files
• Updating records and archiving
• Any other secretarial support as required

Skills and experience required:

• Extensive previous experience is essential – either as a legal secretary, or in a secretarial role which has involved dictation
• Excellent communications skills, both verbally and in writing
• Understanding of the importance of working with discretion and confidentiality
• Positive and proactive working approach
• Good attention to detail.

Hours:

• Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm with 1 hour 15 minutes for lunch

Salary and benefits:

• £10.00 – £12.00 per hour
• Free car parking