Legal Secretary

Our Corporate and Commercial Litigation department, based in the Wynyard office, is looking for a full-time Legal Secretary, preferably with some experience in a legal setting, to support the department by providing secretarial and administrative support to the lawyers to enable them to deliver a professional and responsive service to their clients.

The role is office based, working Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm with an hour for lunch each day.

Main duties include:

• Full generic secretarial support to fee earners, as required, including preparing correspondence and documents through fast and accurate audio-typing and word processing.
• Client contact on telephone and in person, dealing with queries such as initial enquiries, client progress updates and taking messages for fee earners, providing such support in a professional and friendly manner in-keeping with the Firm’s standards for client care.
• Making appointments, arranging meetings and maintaining an up-to-date diary for fee earners.
• Opening, maintaining and closing files on case management system.
• Storing and retrieving client files.
• Preparing mail and enclosures for dispatch.
• Providing support to other secretaries as required.

Experience of working in a legal environment is desirable.