Legal Secretary

2 days ago

Salisbury, United Kingdom Wilsons Solicitors LLP Full time

For almost 300 years, Wilsons has been serving clients at life’s defining (and most stressful) moments such as:

- Significant transactions involving homes, land or businesses
- Important agreements - matrimonial, shareholder or tenancy
- Secure planning - for a complex will, tax or trust structure
- Making sure everything is absolutely right - from recruitment in schools and legacy claims, to charity governance.

**Job Summary**

The department consists of four teams: Court of Protection, Probate, Trust Management and Tax and Trust Advisory. We advise on the full range of issues that affect individuals from a lack of mental capacity, death, tax and trusts. The work is challenging, and the teams are very hard working and keen to deliver the best possible service to our clients. The role is to provide support as detailed below for the Private Client teams. The role will be based in our Salisbury office.

**Key objectives and responsibilities**
- Take phone calls that are not taken by advisers and relaying messages as appropriate
- Scan documents that are not picked up centrally by the Facilities support team
- Print letters and documents and locating enclosures
- Make payment requests and expense claims in time, date and priority order
- Open new matters when the person primarily responsible for this is away
- Archive original documents and close files
- Assist with printing out files and checking their contents for costing purposes when the person primarily responsible for this is away
- Provide any other administrative and secretarial support to the Private Client teams required

**Competencies**
- Proactive
- Flexible
- Positive with the ability to work collaboratively with others
- Good communication skills
- Organised with good time management skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Typing speed of 65wpm with accuracy, in excess of 90%.

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

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£23,250.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Salisbury: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: S21/23

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