Legal Secretary - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Taylor & Emmet LLP

Taylor & Emmet LLP
Taylor & Emmet LLP
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Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Taylor&Emmet LLP is full-service law firm with offices in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

This success has been achieved by delivering the highest quality legal advice to business and private clients, many of whom have remained with the firm for generations.

From Solicitors, qualified professionals and non-qualified Legal Assistants to Information Technology, Human Resources and Marketing, T&E provides a challenging career in a variety of areas.

Whether starting or growing your career, T&E can offer a performance-driven culture filled with talented and innovative teams and colleagues.


An opportunity has arisen within our Family Department for a Legal Secretary to support the Family team on a range of private and legally funded matters based in either our Head Office or Dronfield Branch Office.


A highly communicative and supportive individual would suit this role as it is of paramount importance that a thorough understanding of the department's values, approach and genuine care for the clients is effortless and always demonstrated.


Primary responsibilities:


  • Prioritise and type legal correspondence and documentation from digitally dictated material.
  • Processing of documents from typed and handwritten format and reformatting of documents to conform with firm's house style.
  • Answer internal and external telephone calls and take necessary action to deal with the enquiry, take messages, distribute messages, and route calls.
  • Attend to clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm's standards for client care.
  • Dealing with routine client account queries
  • Completing bills, working out VAT on bills/disbursements.
  • Administer opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with the firm's procedures.
  • Make and arrange client and business appointments, meetings, conferences, and any other diary management to maintain an uptodate diary for the fee earner.
  • Manage and organise large volumes of documents.
  • Communicating with the fee earner, or person whom responsible.
  • Working as a team helping and supporting other secretaries in the department.
  • Carry out department specific tests.
  • Chasing leads, follow up with clients and booking appointments.
  • Completing department specific forms.

Desirable skills and experience:


  • Attention to detail and a selfstarter.
  • Experience of working in a solicitors practice in a similar role.
  • Fast and accurate typing with a minimum speed of 65 wpm.
  • Ability to input information quickly and accurately.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
  • Knowledge of Big Hand.
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