Legal Secretary

**Our people are our business, w**e have a positive attitude, **v**alue our staff and encourage them to be the best they can be. We are professional, organised with a friendly approach and dedicated to driving innovation. There are training and development opportunities. We offer a safe working environment, modern Information Technology and career paths. Every employee has the opportunity to realise their potential. With regular social events working for Vanderpump & Sykes is a happy and positive experience.**

**Join us**:
Do you have these skills ?

**We offer**:
Opportunities to progress your own career and skill set
Competitive salaries
20 days holiday (for full time roles) + bank holidays + December festive period shutdown
Pension
Social committee with regular events including festive & summer socials funded by the company
We have extensive policies to promote equality

Unless stated office hours are 09:00am-5:00pm but it is essential to be flexible and prepared to
work beyond the normal office hours when workflow demands.

We will complete a pre-employment screening which includes a Criminal History Background and
other employee checks.

**Salary**: Competitive - dependent upon experience

Full Time

We are seeking an experienced Legal Secretary / PA to support our Head of Department in our Family Department

This is a broad and varied role, requiring outstanding organisational skills and attention to detail.

Duties include, but not limited to:

- Dealing with correspondence and phone calls
- Excellent client care skills
- Proficient in the use of IT systems - good knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook
- Opening files - ensuring ID checks are completed
- Familiarity with court bundles / preparing electronic versions (using Adobe PDF editor)
- Printing WIP reports and ledgers (using case management system)
- Drafting bills to clients and disbursement bills (Counsel fee notes etc)
- Opening new matters and preparing compliance documentation (client care letters, Smartsearch and AML docs)

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**Applications **for all posted role(s) should **be addressed to**:
The Practice Manager
Vanderpump & Sykes LLP
Lough Point
2 Gladbeck Way
Enfield, EN2 7JA
- No Agencies_

**Training Contracts**
Occasionally, we are able to offer legal training contracts with our legal departments. When a vacancy arises we will advertise at the University of Law and in the Law Society Gazette inviting applicants to send their CV for consideration.

**Work experience**
There are currently no opportunities for work experience or shadowing.

**Notice to recruitment agencies**:
We are unable to accept speculative introductions and CVs from recruitment agencies. We will not be bound by any terms and conditions in relation to attempted introductions.

**Equal Opportunities**
Vanderpump & Sykes are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and to avoiding unlawful discrimination with employees and clients.

**In endeavouring to become an equal opportunities employer, we will ensure that no job applicant or employee shall receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, colour, race, ethnic origin, religion, disability or age.