Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Job title:
Conveyancing Legal Secretary
Company
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Job description
Bristol – £25,000 – £28,000 Legal Secretary – Conveyancing
Blackwood – Hybrid
£24,000 – £28,000A fantastic, top established Blackwood firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Conveyancing team on a full time basis. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Blackwood.Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Conveyancing:
- Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Conveyancing department
- Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements
- Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as audio typing
- Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
- Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team’s success by actively seeking to improve working processes
- Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
- Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
- Any ad-hoc secretarial admin
Skills Required:
- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary with Conveyancing experience
- Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync – Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
- Exemplary document management and filing
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
- Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Blackwood, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to [email protected]
Expected salary
£25000 – 28000 per year
Location
Bristol Area
Job date
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:31:23 GMT
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