Legal Secretary - Winchester, United Kingdom - Godwins Solicitors LLP

Godwins Solicitors LLP

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Winchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Purpose
To assist the fee earners of the Private Client practice area in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. You will be expected to work as a team player, in providing administrative and minor fee earning work.

Job Duties
The below are the main duties/requirements expected of the role:

To provide secretarial and administrative support within the Private Client practice area.
To maintain the highest level of confidentiality always.
Proactively manage diaries and possess time management skills.
To liaise with colleagues, clients, and other external contacts in a friendly and efficient manner.
Answer queries and relay necessary information in a professional and confident manner.
To type a wide range of documents with speed, accuracy, and paying attention to detail.
To draft routine correspondence.
To assist in the preparation and proof reading of legal documents.
To assist the other members of the Private Client practice area in organising their work effectively.
To build and maintain client relationships.
To carry out any reasonable instruction from the Head of Private Client and other members of the team in a quick efficient manner.
To prepare bills, covering letters, and take responsibility for the monitoring/reporting of unpaid bills to fee earners and carry out follow up tasks.
To monitor client ledgers and liaise with fee earners regarding housekeeping matters, including dealing with accounting issues and file closures.
To carry out procedural file reviews.
To maintain the orderly running of client files, update file labels, and outlook with key dates when necessary.
Under the overall guidance of the relevant team member to assist in dealing with clients' matters in an efficient manner.
To record messages, attendances, and to ensure that the relevant team member receives information in an appropriate/timely manner.
To participate in practice area meetings.
To observe the Firm's policies, rules, and procedures.
To act in the best interests of the Firm always.
To have a suitable workspace at home and efficient broadband.