Legal Secretary

This Position would suit someone who is looking for a 4 day week. this could be extendedto a 5 day week depending on workload.

**Job Duties**:
**General**:
Your main priority as a legal secretary is to provide secretarial and administrative support to lawyers and legal executives or other fee earners within the firm. Your daily tasks include:

- Keeping records up to date and general filing (both paper and electronic documents)
- Archiving files
- Answering the phone and making a documented record of the same
- Organising diaries and making appointments for fee earner(s)
- Attending on clients in fee earner's absence (on general matters but not to advise)
- Acting as secretary to assigned fee earners and carry out the task such a role normally entails
- To adhere to firm's guidelines re: money laundering and other areas of risk management and to be aware of the need to comply with the SRA Code of Conduct in bringing any breaches to the attention of the COLP.
- Receiving "on account" payments from Clients and referring these to accounts department
- Informing accounts department of any Client changes
- Generally finalising matters and obtain ledger printouts before closing file
- Covering reception as and when required
- Attending training courses as required by the Partners

**Specific**:

- Preparing Court forms, including Court bundles for hearings

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

**Salary**: £22,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Felixstowe, IP11 7AJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person