Family Law Legal Secretary

2 weeks ago


Chester, United Kingdom Thornton Legal Full time

An experienced Legal Secretary is sought for the Family Law department of a highly reputable and well established Legal firm at their office in Chester. This is a full time office based position.
**The Role**:
You will be supporting the Family team with a range of predominantly private Family law matters.
- Duties will include audio typing, photocopying/ filing, general administrative tasks, diary management, dealing with enquiries, case management. Experience within a Family team previously team would be an advantage but is not essential as full trainingwill be provided.
- You will also have experience of Microsoft office.
- You will have previous Legal Secretarial experience (Family preferred but not essential).
- You will have an empathetic nature and maintain confidentiality at all times.
- You will be well organised, have excellent time management skills and attention to detail.
- You will be flexible to the needs of the business.

**Salary and Benefits**:

- Salary is in the region of 22,000, depending on experience together with excellent benefits.
- Hours of work are 9 - 5.30. Full time, office based.

**Testimonial**:

- Thornton legal worked tirelessly to get me a fantastic position at a fantastic company and made my transition from university to working in the legal field much smoother than I could have hoped. They were communicative, responsive and incredibly helpfulthroughout. They gave me advice on interview technique and preparation, helped me format my CV, and helped me learn what employers were looking for (all of which was new to me as a recent graduate.) I would highly recommended Thornton legal - I only wishI had been referred to them sooner_
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