Legal Secretary Family Department - Ashton-Under-Lyne OL XL - Bromleys solicitors

Description

Job Title: Legal Secretary

Department: Family

Contract type: Permanent

Hours:

Full time – Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm, (1 hour 15 minutes for lunch)

Requirements and details of the role:

We are looking to appoint a Legal Secretary to provide support to our Family Department.

The role will involve:

• Preparation of work via digital dictation system (Bighand).
• Using the firm's electronic case management system (Mattersphere).
• Using various other software packages and government portals.
• Document preparation/production.
• File opening and closing, both electronically and paper based.
• Liaison and communication with clients and other parties, both by telephone and email.
• Diary organisation/management i.e. client appointments, Court hearings, etc.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have prior legal secretarial experience.
• Be comfortable dealing with enquiries received from clients and other parties, and making enquiries of clients and other parties, both by telephone and email.
• Be able to work to deadlines and be capable of working on their own initiative and as part of the Team.
• Have experience of Microsoft packages (Word and Outlook).
• Preferably have experience of legal case management systems, digital dictation systems and other software packages and portals commonly used within the legal profession.

Salary & Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant upon experience.
• 25 days holiday pa, plus loyalty holiday scheme, and ability to purchase holidays.

Benefits include:

• contributory (auto-enrolment) pension scheme,
• salary sacrifice pension scheme,
• annual discretionary bonus scheme,
• non-contributory death in service scheme,
• paycare (health/medical cover) scheme,
• flexible lunch break,
• enhanced sick pay scheme,
• career pathway;
• ability to work on a part hybrid basis;
• (please see the Careers page on our website for full details of the benefits we offer).

How to apply:

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV to our Recruitment Team at

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person