Legal Secretary - Leamington Spa, United Kingdom - Clayton Legal

Clayton Legal

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Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you actively seeking a new Legal Secretary Opportunity?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Conveyancing Legal Secretary to join a Legal 500 firm and one of the largest legal practices in Warwickshire with multiple offices.

Requirements:

The successful Legal Secretary will possess proven secretarial and administrative skills including managing document production, with the ability to liaise with clients both in person and by telephone and have a strong background in Residential Property.

Youwill be a competent and confident audio typist and strong WPM. One-years' experience within a Residential Property team is essential.

Duties:

Well organised and be able to meet deadlines
Able to prioritise and make decisions on workload according to deadlines
Undertake general filing administration
Prepare registration documents and complete different checks and checks
Handle general secretarial duties
Fulltime, 37.5 hours (part time may be considered)
Leamington Office
Competitive salary plus benefits

If this Legal Secretary is of interest, please call Imogen on or forward you most recent CV to.

JOB DESCRIPTION
**Job Title:

Legal Secretary****Department:
Property ****Location:
Leamington Spa****Reporting to:
Solicitor/Head of Department***:
Job Purpose**:
To provide a full administrative and secretarial service within the department to ensure that the work is carried out in an expeditious manner and to meet the standards required by the Company.
To work in accordance with the Office Manual and to act at all times in an appropriate manner as an employee of a professional practice.

Key Responsibilities:

Undertake document preparation, typing, administration and secretarial work, following dictations from feeearners
Scanning post and allocating to fee earners electronically and onto physical files
Assist in maintaining client files
Providing Conveyancing quotes
Opening new files
To progress files through to postcompletion, file closing and progressing to archive
Dealing with client enquiries and queries over the telephone and in person, and providing updates to clients and estate agents
Update files on the Case Management System, maintain activities in case to ensure timely compliance with deadlines and required actions
Undertake general administrative tasks
Attend Department Meetings and Firm Wide Meetings
Undertake any reasonable instructions made by Directors, Heads of Department, Line Manager or Fee Earners within the limits of this Job Description

Skills and Experience:

Experience of working in an administrative role for a law firm would be desirable
Sound interpersonal and literacy skills
Excellent client care
Good organisation and administration skills with attention to detail
Ability to be a team player
Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows
Working knowledge of Case Management Systems would be desirable
Flexible attitude to work
A practical and commercial approach
Excellent time keeping and organisational skills
You may be required to work at the other offices of the Firm from time to time be as required by the management