Legal Secretary

We have a vacancy for a legal secretary within our busy civil department which deals with all aspects of civil litigation, children’s hearing and mental health.

You must have excellent communication skills, be comfortable dealing with clients at all levels, have good IT ability along with fast and accurate typing skills. You should also be highly organised and motivated.

Previous experience of working within a civil department is preferable. Previous secretarial experience is essential.

**The day-to-day**
- Responsible for assisting with the secretarial and administrative support to Solicitors/Civil team.
- Maintain high standards of presentation and accurate content of all documents.
- Typing and/or producing all dictated correspondence.
- Assisting with mail and reception rota.
- Maintaining the filing archive and computer information systems utilised by the department.
- Dealing with telephone enquires as they arise and referring to the appropriate member of staff.
- Provide general office duties.

Hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.

Please note that salary is negotiable dependent on experience.

**Salary**: £19,000.00-£22,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- legal secretarial: 1 year (preferred)
- secretarial: 1 year (required)

Work Location: One location