Legal Secretary - Private Client

A leading regional law firm in the South East is looking to recruit an experienced Legal secretary to work in the Private Client department. The firm provides proactive, responsive and quality legal services across a range of sectors. This is to work for a Partner who is the head of the department, plus one to two others. Your key responsibilities will be:

• To ensure documents and correspondence are processed quickly and accurately, including the appropriate use of the firms case management system
• Attend to clients both on the phone and in person
• Ensure that the firms file management procedures are accurately adhered to
• To set up new files and instructions from fee earners promptly and accurately
• Make travel arrangements as and when required
• Make appointments, arrange meetings and maintain an up to date diary
• Maintain time records of telephone calls, letters and attendances on clients
• To undertake any other duties which from time to time may be allocated

Skills and attributes required for the role:

• Ability to take responsibility to deliver quality service to clients
• Excellent telephone manner
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills (both written and oral)
• Excellent team player and willingness to provide support to other secretaries
• Flexible work attitude, prioritising workload
• Confident and professional
• Good knowledge of IT skills to include Word, Excel, Outlook, Case management system and previous digital dictation systems
• Fast and accurate typing speeds of 70wpm

For this position recent previous Private Client legal secretarial experience in Wills, Tax, Trust and Probate is required, but others areas of experience within law will be considered. This would suit an individual who possesses an ILEX legal secretarial diploma or other legal secretarial diploma.