Legal Secretary

6 months ago

Stockport, United Kingdom Gorvins LLP Full time

**Legal Secretary**

Gorvins LLP is one of the largest law firms in South Manchester, and offers a full range of legal services to its clients.

We have an exciting opportunity in our Commercial Property team for an experienced Legal Secretary who loves working as part of a busy team, and who prides themselves on giving great customer service to our clients, suppliers, and colleagues.

The firm is based in Stockport, in accessible, purpose built offices, with fantastic access to the motorway and to public transport. A competitive salary is available to the right individual.

**Primary role**:To assist with all administrative and secretarial responsibilities, bringing matters to a satisfactory profitable conclusion.

**Accountability**:
**Teamwork **- Be able to build and manage an effective working relationships with others secretarial staff and fee-earners within and external to your own department

**Time & Attendance **- Ensure timely arrival at work in line with contractual working hours and maintain, where possible, zero/mínimal level of absenteeism.

**Client Services** - Be able to communicate effectively with internal (which includes fee-earners and support staff) and external clients. Have the ability to maintain a high standard of interpersonal and communication skills, especially in the context of client care. Able to provide efficient and effective enquiry handling in relation to the services provided by your department.

**Tasks**:
1. Open files as required by fee earners and be aware of a conflict of interest.

2. Closing files as required by fee earners and ensuring documentation is authorised and fees have been paid.

3. Scheduling multi-party appointments, booking of conference rooms and maintaining appointments diary.

4. Maintain the Key Dates Diary.

5. Maintain a high standard of spelling, grammar on all correspondence.

6. Create and store documents on the computer system in the preferred way of the Department.

8. Client care - handle queries by telephone, meet and greet clients in reception in a professional manner.

9. Scanning, photocopying and faxing required.

10. Maintaining filing systems.

11. Working as part of a team with a fee earner/secretary ratio in excess of 2:1. Assisting colleagues and other departments as necessary.

12. Using a large number of saved and hard-copy precedents to create legal documents.

13. Accurately amending large documents in redline/overstrike (track changes), using Automatic formatting.

14. Collating large document bundles.

15. Company searches on-line.

16. Completion of basic company secretarial tasks such as completion of company house forms, share certificates, etc.

17. Assisting in the Maintenance of the firm’s database and related identification of corporate clients and directors and individuals for money laundering purposes.

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

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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