Legal Secretary
hace 6 días
Barnet
Birchrose Associates is representing a highly regarded multi-service law firm seeking a Legal Secretary to join its growing Family & Childcare team in St Albans, Barnet or Birmingham. This is a great opportunity to join a supportive firm offering ongoing training and career development. \n The Firm \n Our client is a well-established multi-service law firm who is recommended by both Legal 500 and Chambers UK and, due to continued growth, is looking to recruit Legal Secretaries to join its Family & Childcare teams in St Albans, Barnet and Birmingham. \n The Opportunity \n This is a great opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join a busy and growing Family & Childcare team. The role will involve providing day-to-day secretarial and administrative support to Fee Earners, dealing with clients and third parties and helping the team to run efficiently. Duties will include: \n\n • Providing day-to-day Legal Secretary support to Fee Earners and senior members of the team\n, • Typing from digital dictation and completing copy typing\n, • Managing electronic filing and maintaining files in line with firm procedures\n, • Dealing with telephone calls from clients, Counsel, experts and other third parties\n, • Managing diaries and arranging appointments and meetings\n, • Dealing with clients and visitors to the office\n, • Assisting with CCMS legal aid matters and applications\n, • Processing fee notes and dealing with experts' invoices\n, • Ensuring compliance with the firm's policies and procedures\n, • Providing general administrative and secretarial support to the team\n\n These Legal Secretary positions are full-time, permanent roles working 9:00am - 5:00pm \n Requirements \n\n • Previous experience as a Legal Secretary or in a similar legal support role\n, • Previous experience supporting Family or Litigation teams is essential\n, • Strong organisation, communication and typing skills\n, • Ability to work under pressure and manage a busy workload\n\n Vacancy Highlights \n\n • 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays\n, • Additional birthday leave\n, • Pension and ongoing training and development\n, • Supportive working environment\n\n To be considered for these Legal Secretary opportunities, please contact Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion. \n Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
