Legal Secretaries

Legal Secretary Roles Yate, Portishead, with parking
Permanent role / Salary £22,000 - £27,000 (Based on experience)100% Office Based

The Company:A well-established law firm with a number of offices across Bristol and South Gloucestershire that genuinely values its employees which reflects in their longevity of staff and creates a lovely, friendly atmosphere. This is a superb role that would suit an organised, focused individual who takes pride in their work, and enjoys a busy role.

The Job:
This role sits within the Wills and Probate and Court of Protection team supporting fee earners with general legal secretarial support on a day-to-day basis specifically possessing highly accurate touch-typing skills. This role is approximately 50% audio typing and 50% secretarial support.

Key Responsibilities

• General secretarial duties such as preparation of correspondence, dealing with incoming and outgoing post, filing, archiving, photocopying, printing, drafting documents, performing detailed diary management
• Accurate touch-typing with experience of audio typing and word processing
• Communicating with clients over the phone and over email to keep them appraised of progress
• Managing matters on case management system from opening a matter to final billing as well as keeping databases updated.

The Person:

• Previous secretarial experience required, not necessarily legal
• Highly accurate touch typist
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office to include Word and Excel will be essential
• An organised, positive individual with a can-do attitude that is able to multitask

The Salary £22,000 - £27,000
The Hours: Monday to Friday 9am 5.30pm (1 hour for lunch)
The Benefits: 23 days holiday + bank holidays (closes at Christmas, using 3 days holiday), 4 x Death in Service, Pension, Critical Illness Cover, Annual Salary Review, Length of Service Award, Summer Party, Superb Working Environment with Excellent Opportunities for Progression.