Legal Secretary

4 months ago


Derby, United Kingdom Smith Partnership Full time

Smith Partnership is one of the leading law firms in the East Midlands. A forward-thinking and progressive company, Smith Partnership employs over 200 staff throughout 6 offices across the region.

An opportunity has become available at our Head Office in Derby for a Legal Secretary to provide secretarial support and other related services to fee earners in the Child Care Department.

**Purpose & Objective of Job**:
To provide secretarial and other related services to relevant Fee Earner/Department.

**Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities**:

- Audio and copy typing
- Handling enquiries from various external bodies
- Filing/Photocopying
- Diary maintenance
- Attendances on telephone
- Attending clients on telephone and in office when required
- Taking and passing on messages in absence of the relevant fee earner
- Arranging service of documents
- Arranging appointments
- Dealing with bills, invoices and payments (when required)

**Experience Desired**:

- Previous legal secretarial experience

**Experience Required**:

- Previous secretarial experience
- Intermediate use of Word, E-mail and Internet systems
- Audio Typing

**Knowledge Required**:

- Legal Terminology
- Legal Forms
- Court Procedures (if appropriate)
- Knowledge of Legal Services Commission Forms
- Client File Maintenance Procedures
- Billing Guides
- Client Care Procedures
- Client Confidentiality Policy
- Cheque Requests

**Knowledge Desired**:

- Knowledge of area of Law for Department

**Skills And Personal Attributes Required**:

- Good written & telephone skills
- Good organisational skills
- Willingness to embrace change/flexible & adaptable
- Client focused
- Good team player
- Positive attitude

**Qualifications Required**:

- RSA I Typing qualification or equivalent
- RSA II Typing qualification or equivalent
- English Language GCSE Grade C or above

This Job Description covers the current range of duties and will be reviewed from time to time. Smith Partnership reserve the right to change the Job Description if the business requires it.

**No Agencies please.** **Smith Partnership request that recruitment agencies do not speculatively submit CVs to us unless explicitly asked to do so by our HR team.**

**In the event that an agency's correspondence includes a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy above will prevail.**

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

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 1 month from acceptance.


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