Legal Secretary

EMG Solicitors is an award winning, Legal 500 boutique law firm located across the North East of England and Cumbria. We provide a range of legal advice to both private individuals and businesses across the region and nationally. We provide the legal support that our clients require in order to achieve anything from their basic needs to their wildest dreams and everything in between. We specialise in Court of Protection, Deputyships, Family Law, Residential Conveyancing, Commercial Property, Litigation & Disputes and Wills, Trusts & Probate services.

We are looking for a Legal Secretary to join our Family department who will be based in our Penrith office.

**Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to)**:

- Supporting and assistant Family fee earners a far as is possible.
- Audio and copy typing for Family team.
- Billing (monthly or as required).
- Processing all claims for client related expenses (obtain from fee earners on a regular basis) and personal expenses for members of the Family team.
- Overseeing general administration for all Family files.
- Organising client appointments and arranging meeting rooms.
- Maintaining awareness of files so as to be able to take messages and update clients on the telephone as required.
- General firm administration (preparing and posting chitties/maintaining internal registers/storage of deeds and documents etc.)

**Supporting Role**:

- To cover when reception colleagues are not available i.e. answering the door, making tea/coffee for clients/answering the telephone/scanning in documents etc.
- To potentially help cover when other departments may be short of secretary support, if current workload allows.

**Skills and Experience**
- 2 - 3 years experience in a legal secretary role (essential)
- Experience of working working within a professional services environment (essential)
- Family secretary experience (desired)
- Knowledge of digital dictation systems.
- Knowledge of office procedures e.g. photocopying and filing.
- Good prioritisation and time management.
- Excellent attention to detail.

**Benefits**
- Bonus scheme.
- 4% employer pension contribution.
- 25 days annual holiday entitlement and 3 days non-contractual days leave at Christmas.
- LATUS - health and wellbeing platform.
- £50 gift card on your birthday and either a late start or an early finish.
- £50 gift card at Christmas.
- 5 extra paid days leave on your 5 year anniversary.
- Dearbump by Parent Promise - Maternity Wellbeing platform.

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: In person