Legal Secretary

3 months ago

Torquay, United Kingdom Emmerson Ross Recruitment Full time

Our client is an award-winning firm of Solicitors providing a wide range of legal services to both individuals and businesses.

They have an excellent opportunity for a Legal Secretary to support their Private Client and Residential Property Teams.

This position would suit an individual who has experience of supporting a busy Private Client/Residential Property Team providing secretarial and administrative support to the fee earning members of the Teams. You will be competent and proficient with case management systems, a competent IT user and be able to work on your own initiative.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Legal Secretary
- Opening files and inputting/maintaining client details
- Anti-Money Laundering verification of new and existing clients
- Receiving and making telephone calls to both clients and contacts which will involve keeping them up to date with matter progress
- Digital transcription of documents as and when directed by the members of the fee earning staff
- Ordering searches and other disbursements in line with fee earner instructions
- Keeping Electronic/manual client matter files up to date
- Liaising with all members of staff in relation to client files
- Preparing files for storage and retrieving documents via requests to the appropriate member of staff
- Scheduling of appointments for fee earners
- Meeting clients and undertaking reception duties as required

**Could you be part of this friendly, award-winning team?**:

- Legal Secretary
- Comfortable handling confidential information
- Good at multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks

**They offer**:

- Legal Secretary
- Salary £23,000 per year
- 24 days of annual leave plus bank holiday
- Private Health Insurance
- Company Pension Scheme

**Hours**:

- Legal Secretary
- 36 hours; 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £23,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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