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Legal Secretary - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Absolute Personnel

Absolute Personnel

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Legal Secretary - Private Client

Birmingham

Full Time (Monday to Friday 9-5:15 37 hours per week)

Permanent

Salary DOE
Are you looking for work as a Legal Secretary?

Well, this is the perfect opportunity for you, permanent work. Our client is looking for a legal secretary to start in their Private client division.

Duties:

Assist with file management and ensure consistent reviews of files.
Ensure accurate time recording of all work undertaken by your Fee Earner.
Undertake such work as may be delegated by your Fee Earner or Partner in relation to client matters or any administrative duties that may be required.
Assist your Fee Earner or Partner in prioritising the client matter and when appropriate advise the client and others of the progress of the matter.
Attend to clients and others where needed on behalf of the Fee Earner or Partner, taking accurate instructions for your Fee Earner's attention.
Undertake all work of a secretarial nature as may be requested by any Fee Earner including typing, word processing, photocopying, making and taking phone calls.
Take and record accurately any message and pass the same on to the appropriate person without delay.
Make appointments and maintain up to date diary entries.
Deal with filing, storage and retrieval of client's papers and files, opening and closing of files, storage of deeds and other papers all in accordance with firm policies.
Correctly identify and differentiate between DX, Royal Mail post and hand or other deliveries.
Undertake any other duties as may be allocated by the Fee Earner or Partner from time to time.

Required:

A proficient level of literacy and numeracy.
Competent touch and audio typist.
Experience of working within a team environment.
Experience of data entry and/or text processing.
Ability to interact effectively with others, both face to face and over the telephone, including an excellent telephone manner and comfortable dealing with clients.
Proactive and able to work on own initiative.