Farnborough
An exciting opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join an award winning, Legal 500, full-service law firm who are looking to expand their Family department.
The firm has experienced significant growth in recent years, including doubling their trainee numbers in the last two years alone, as well as being a debt free practice, having not made any redundancies in over two decades.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing general secretarial support including diary management, digital dictation, file management etc.
- Preparing court forms including Form E, petitions, general applications etc.
- Producing court bundles and preparing briefs to counsel
- Dealing with client enquiries both in person and by phone
Key Skills & Experience:
- Good commercial awareness – understands the importance of efficiency, completing work within timescales set, quality of work, compliance with policies / procedures etc in delivering a service to our clients and maximising fees and profitability
- Excellent administrative skills – able to maintain accuracy and work at fast pace
- Good compliance knowledge – familiarity with anti-money laundering requirements
- Highly organised – able to manage and correctly prioritise own workload, able to manage work from multiple fee earners, demonstrates an understanding of urgency and importance
- Previous experience of Family law desirable – legal secretarial experience of other areas of law will be considered
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- IT literate and willing – able to learn and utilise systems fully in line with Firm guidelines, open to and able to champion system developments and implement change
- Excellent client service skills – demonstrates a high standard of client care, ability to control new enquiry calls and obtain relevant information from clients & upselling where appropriate, in an efficient but friendly manner
- Demonstrates a proactive approach e.g. performs routine / agreed tasks without prompting, keeps fee earners informed on administrative work in progress, maintains an awareness of department deadlines and reminds fee earners to assist others in working to deadlines – proactive but in line with the scope of their
- Strong communication skills – with the ability to build rapport, demonstrate a professional approach and give and receive feedback constructively
Benefits:
- Free parking
- Private healthcare
- Support Staff Bonus
- Pension scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- 33 days annual leave, including public holidays, plus an additional day at Christmas
- Option to sell up to 3 days of holiday
- Annual service awards
- And much more
What next?
Apply today to be considered for this opportunity. If suitable, one of our specialist consultants will be in contact to discuss the opportunity with you in detail prior to submitting your cv to the client. In this discussion, we will aim to identify your specific skills and motivations, and where appropriate recommend other relevant opportunities to you that match your requirements.
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Job Synonyms: Legal Assistant, Legal Administrator, Legal Secretary