Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Job title:
Family Legal Secretary
Company
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Job description
Hertfordshire – £25,000 – £32,000Legal Secretary – Family
Barnet
Salary NegotiableA fantastic, leading firm in Barnet, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Family team.
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 Barnet.Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Family:
- Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Family Department
- Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
- Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
- Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
- 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
- Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task’s status
- Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
- Collaborates with team members on team processes, procedures and solutions – ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these
- Actively participates in team meetings
Skills Required:
- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
- 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, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Barnet, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to [email protected]
Expected salary
£25000 – 32000 per year
Location
Hertfordshire
Job date
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 01:59:13 GMT
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