Legal Secretary - York, United Kingdom - Page Personnel

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York, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Great competitive salary of £22k

  • Great opportunity to join a growing business

About Our Client:


Page Personnel are recruiting on behalf of their client who are a respected accredited law firm with offices in York, Wetherby and Malton.

You will be joining a firm that has seen a significant growth over the last few years and has a large share of the legal business in the local area.

The duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary will be:

  • Full secretarial support to fee earner as required including preparing correspondence and documents through digital dictation and word processing.
  • Administer filing which will include daily filing and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of clients files.
  • Prepare mail and enclosures for dispatch.
  • Arrange for all copying to be done, in person if the office assistant is not available to undertake the task.
  • Make appointments, arrange meetings and to maintain an up to date diary for the fee earner
  • Binding of documents.
  • Scanning of documents.
  • Tracking change documents.
  • Provide support to other secretaries as required.
  • Provide guidance to junior and temporary secretaries when required to do so.
  • Attend clients both in person (when required) 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.
  • Ensure the confidentiality of all the Firm's and clients documentation and information.
  • To provide sickness and other absence cover for other members of the team (as required).

The Successful Applicant:


The successful Legal Secretary will have/ be:

  • Fast and accurate audio and copy typing skills
  • Experience of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
  • Experience of Partners for Windows but not essential as training will be provided.
  • Good English grammar/spelling, familiarity with legal terminology and numerical skills.
  • Excellent communication skills including experience in dealing with a range of clients via telephone and facetoface; discretion and confidentiality.
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workloads to the required standard and within the required timescales.
  • Ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently.
  • Ability to work under pressure as and when required (this may involve some flexibility in working hours).
  • Proactive and able to use own initiative within guidelines as set by the Directors and fee earners.
  • Selfmotivation: energy; positivity; cando attitude.
  • Flexibility.
  • Confidentiality and discretion.
  • Proactive; willing to use initiative.
  • Able to work well independently as well as part of a team

What's on Offer:

Great competitive salary + Workplace Pension Scheme + annual team building events + organised social events + 5 days sick pay per year + eligible for bonus scheme after 2 years service
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