Family Legal Secretary

4 months ago


Bury, United Kingdom Butcher & Barlow Full time

We have a vacancy for a legal secretary to work within the Family Law team at our Bury office.

**Hours**: 5 days per week, 8.30 - 5.00

**Purpose of Role**: To provide a high quality administration service to the family law team.

**Responsible to**: Partner

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- General administration of family files, including legal aid matters. To include, amongst other things; opening new files, input of data in to the database, filing.
- Preparation of documents and typing, both dictation and copy work, in a broad range of family cases.
- Assisting and supporting a family solicitor in their case work.
- Ensuring confidentiality of all matters dealt with.
- Maintain high professional standards, confidence and integrity.
- Such other tasks as the firm may from time to time require.

**Experience**: Experience in a family law department, and particularly legal aid administration, is preferred although not essential and training will be given.

**Knowledge / Skills**:

- Communicate effectively and courteously and convey information accurately.
- Work calmly and accurately under pressure.
- Able to prioritise tasks.
- Work co-operatively with other staff.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Willingness and ability to learn new technology.
- Genuine interest on and enthusiasm for family work.

**Qualities**:

- Discretion and ability to work in a confidential environment
- Pleasant, approachable and polite
- Flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Highly motivated
- Should be of smart appearance

Butcher & Barlow is one of the most respected law firms in the North West and our Family Law team is a key part of the business, with the service being offered across all of our locations.

Our aim at Butcher & Barlow is to build long term relationships with our clients through trust and respect and unpinning those relationships with a sense of togetherness and a common goal. We work with our clients, not for them, working with them to make the right decisions.

We work with each other with the same integrity, inspiring confidence in our clients, professional contacts and colleagues through our collaborative approach, working as a team to progress matters quickly and efficiently.

You can read what our clients say about the team at the Bury office here.


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