Financial, Legal & HR

To assist fee earners with the profitable management of their caseloads while practising the highest codes of professional conduct and customer service. To engage in other activities as directed by the Head of Department or Central Management.

Main Duties
• Carry out client work as allocated by Fee Earners, under their supervision
• Ensure that all client work is progressed expeditiously
• At all times to exercise high standards of Client care in a professional and pleasant manner
• Ensure the confidentiality and security of the Business, and Client, documentation and information
• Comply with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and the Rules on the Professional Conduct of Solicitors
• Ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations
• To comply with the Business office Policies and procedures
• To assist from time to time with out of hours enquiries in accordance with the Business out of hours rota
• To attend on and to assist Counsel and Clients at Court and in conference when called upon to do so. To report to the Fee Earner with conduct of the matter promptly as to matters occurring at Court or Conference, and to take full and detailed notes of all significant matters
• To undertake prison visits if called upon to do so
• To visit clients at their place of business or home if called upon to do so, with the permission of the Head of Department or a Partner
• To undertake legal research in areas of work undertaken by the Business, or as directed
• To attend all departmental meetings relating to the appropriate training seat(s) in which you are based.

Completion of Law degree and LPC is required.

Skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly numerate
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Works well under pressure
• Need to be self-motivated
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Fully computer literate

To assist fee earners with the profitable management of their caseloads while practising the highest codes of professional conduct and customer service. To engage in other activities as directed by the Head of Department or Central Management.

Main Duties
• Carry out client work as allocated by Fee Earners, under their supervision
• Ensure that all client work is progressed expeditiously
• At all times to exercise high standards of Client care in a professional and pleasant manner
• Ensure the confidentiality and security of the Business, and Client, documentation and information
• Comply with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and the Rules on the Professional Conduct of Solicitors
• Ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations
• To comply with the Business office Policies and procedures
• To assist from time to time with out of hours enquiries in accordance with the Business out of hours rota
• To attend on and to assist Counsel and Clients at Court and in conference when called upon to do so. To report to the Fee Earner with conduct of the matter promptly as to matters occurring at Court or Conference, and to take full and detailed notes of all significant matters
• To undertake prison visits if called upon to do so
• To visit clients at their place of business or home if called upon to do so, with the permission of the Head of Department or a Partner
• To undertake legal research in areas of work undertaken by the Business, or as directed
• To attend all departmental meetings relating to the appropriate training seat(s) in which you are based.

Completion of Law degree and LPC is required.

Skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly numerate
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Works well under pressure
• Need to be self-motivated
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Fully computer literate

To assist fee earners with the profitable management of their caseloads while practising the highest codes of professional conduct and customer service. To engage in other activities as directed by the Head of Department or Central Management.

Main Duties
• Carry out client work as allocated by Fee Earners, under their supervision
• Ensure that all client work is progressed expeditiously
• At all times to exercise high standards of Client care in a professional and pleasant manner
• Ensure the confidentiality and security of the Business, and Client, documentation and information
• Comply with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and the Rules on the Professional Conduct of Solicitors
• Ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations
• To comply with the Business office Policies and procedures
• To assist from time to time with out of hours enquiries in accordance with the Business out of hours rota
• To attend on and to assist Counsel and Clients at Court and in conference when called upon to do so. To report to the Fee Earner with conduct of the matter promptly as to matters occurring at Court or Conference, and to take full and detailed notes of all significant matters
• To undertake prison visits if called upon to do so
• To visit clients at their place of business or home if called upon to do so, with the permission of the Head of Department or a Partner
• To undertake legal research in areas of work undertaken by the Business, or as directed
• To attend all departmental meetings relating to the appropriate training seat(s) in which you are based.

Completion of Law degree and LPC is required.

Skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly numerate
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Works well under pressure
• Need to be self-motivated
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Fully computer literate

A well-established law firm in the South East is looking to recruit an experienced Personal Injury Legal Secretary. The prime role of the legal secretary is to provide direct support to a Partner and their team.

Duties:
Diary management
Digital dictation and day to day administration tasks
Preparing rooms for meetings and undertaking office management duties such as ordering stationery.

This would suit candidates with recent previous Personal Injury legal secretarial experience. If you have previous medical secretarial experience, you may also be considered. Candidates will also be considered if they have completed their ILEX and some relevant legal experience. You must have excellent IT skills in Word and Excel. You will need to be able to demonstrate initiative, have the ability to work in a small team and pay strong attention to detail.

A well organised secretary who is able to work under pressure and able to work to deadlines, with concise writing skills, spelling, punctuation and proof reading skills would suit this role. IT is essential that you must possess an ILEX legal secretarial diploma.

A well-established law firm in the South East is looking to recruit an experienced Civil and Commercial Litigation Legal Secretary. The prime role of the legal secretary is to provide direct support to a Partner and head of department.

Duties:
Diary management
Digital dictation and day to day administration tasks
Preparing rooms for meetings and undertaking office management duties such as ordering stationery.

This would suit candidates with recent previous Civil Litigation legal secretarial experience. Candidates will also be considered if they have completed their ILEX and some relevant legal experience. You must have excellent IT skills in Word and Excel. You will need to be able to demonstrate initiative, have the ability to work in a small team and pay strong attention to detail.

A well organised secretary who is able to work under pressure and able to work to deadlines, with concise writing skills, spelling, punctuation and proof reading skills would suit this role. IT is essential that you must possess an ILEX legal secretarial diploma.

A well-established law firm in the South East is looking to recruit an experienced Commercial Property Legal Secretary. The prime role of the legal secretary is to provide direct support to a Partner and their team.

Duties:
Diary management
Digital dictation and day to day administration tasks
Preparing rooms for meetings and undertaking office management duties such as ordering stationery.

This would suit candidates with recent previous Commercial or Residential Property legal secretarial experience. Candidates will also be considered if they have completed their ILEX and some relevant legal experience. You must have excellent IT skills in Word and Excel. You will need to be able to demonstrate initiative, have the ability to work in a small team and pay strong attention to detail.

A well organised secretary who is able to work under pressure and able to work to deadlines, with concise writing skills, spelling, punctuation and proof reading skills would suit this role. IT is essential that you must possess an ILEX legal secretarial diploma.

An established law firm primarily based in the South East is looking to recruit an experienced Private Client legal secretary to assist a Fee Earner as well as Legal Assistant work for a Partner and Head of Employment. This is to provide support in a wide range of secretarial duties to partners and Fee Earners who cover Wills, Probate, Employment and Civil matters. As a legal secretary you will be expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative.

Your duties will include:

• Diary Management
• Digital dictation and day to day administrative tasks
• Preparing rooms for meetings and undertaking office management duties such as ordering stationery
• Legal Assistant work for the Partner in Employment to include file opening
• Secretarial work for Private Client Solicitor
• Areas covered in Private client – Probate and Estate Administration, Inheritance Tax Planning, Wills, Powers of attorney and managing clients’ affairs
  
  This would suit candidates with recent previous legal secretarial experience in Private Client:
  
  

• You must have excellent IT skills in Word & Excel
• Possess a secretarial qualification
• Be able to demonstrate initiative
• Have the ability to work in a small team and pay strong attention to detail
• A well organised secretary who is able to work under pressure and able to work to deadlines, with concise writing skills, spelling, punctuation and proof reading skills would suit this role You will need to have completed your ILEX legal secretarial diploma in order to be considered for this opportunity. This would be ideally suited to someone who is looking for more than just a secretarial role as this position will give you scope to get really involved.

Our client, a prestigious Legal firm based in Tunbridge Wells, is looking to recruit a secretary, on a temporary basis, for one month, maybe longer.

The ideal candidate will have some previous legal experience, preferably in Property, fast and accurate typing skills and good IT shills.

This position is full time and starts on Mon 4th Sept '17. The hours are 9am - 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

A well-established law firm in the South East is looking to recruit Extraditions legal secretaries. The prime role of a legal secretary is to provide direct support Partners and their team. This will include, but will not be limited to providing a wide range of secretarial duties. As a legal secretary you will be expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative.

Your duties/skills will include:
• Diary management
• Digital dictation and day to day administration tasks
• Preparing rooms for meetings and undertaking office management duties such as ordering stationery.

• Working in Crime and Extradition law
• Legal research and case preparation
• Able to work autonomously and able to demonstrate initiative
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills to include Word, Excel and Outlook
• Previous Criminal or Extradition experience preferred, although legal secretarial experience is a given
• Professional and organised secretary who is able to work under pressure

IT is essential that you must possess an ILEX legal secretarial diploma.

Key Job Responsibilities - (Reporting to Tax Director)

Personal Tax
• Processing of personal tax returns, to include gathering of information, production
of tax computations and returns
• Checking HMRC computations and assessments
• Online submission of tax returns
• Aiding the tax director with tax investigations
• Inputting payments and other client information on the client database
• Preparing and submitting claims to reduce payments on account
• CGT and IHT computations and planning
• Preparation of dividend vouchers and related company minutes
• Design and implementation of suitable systems to ensure efficient, effective and
timely preparation of all returns
• Checking and amending paye coding notices as appropriate
• Extraction of relevant information from accounts
• Production of income/expense statements for entry on returns
Business tax
• Business tax computations
• Identify disallowable expenditure
• IXBRL tagging
• Preparation and submission of business tax returns
• Checking HMRC assessments
• Preparation of P11D’s, S336 expenses claims and online submission
• Preparation of Car benefit forms
• Preparation, checking & submitting CIS returns
Tax planning & administration
• Communication with clients & HMRC on tax issues, checking assessments, appealing and
dealing with penalties where relevant
• Tax planning
• Day to day liaison with engagement director
• Production of monthly reports on workflow and deadlines, plan, prioritise & control
workload
• Ensure filing deadlines are met
• Ensure work is carried out promptly and efficiently within budgets and deadlines
• Prioritise work – and identify work shortfall or overload periods
• Keeping the IRIS database up to date in respect of job progress.
• Regular tax file reviews
• Design & implementation of systems
Other
• Ad hoc duties assisting directors and managers with due diligence, consultancy and
other work as required
• The above list is not exhaustive but gives an indication of the type of work and
responsibilities of the position

Experience

Ideally candidates will be ATT members but we are also interested in QBE’s.

Hours

Monday to Friday 0900 to 1730