Job Description: Legal Secretary
Central Maidstone
£16-£17650 per annum

Purpose of the Job:
To provide a comprehensive secretarial, PA and paralegal service to one or more lawyers within the company.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Typing, secretarial and administrative support for lawyers within Governance & Law within agreed timescales
Assisting in the preparation of legal documents and other paralegal duties
Use of Iken computerised time recording and case management system
Answering the telephone, collecting and delivering incoming mail and dispatching outgoing mail
A range of PA duties, including maintaining electronic diaries, making appointments and receiving visitors
Filing, preparation of files and maintaining accurate records throughout the company
Assisting with financial administration
To participate in such Quality Assurance schemes as may be in operation within Governance & Law from time to time



QUALIFICATIONS
5 GCSEs Grade A*-C or equivalent or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE
Legal secretarial experience

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications : Word, Excel and Outlook
Good standard of audio/typing

KNOWLEDGE
Planning and Highways/Corporate and Commercial (Contracts) based work would be desirable
Familiar with secretarial duties
Ability to work on own initiative and organise personal workload to achieve agreed deadlines

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Tact/discretion
Understanding of confidentiality

Connect2staff are acting as an employment agency in relation this role

Commercial Services Kent/Trading Ltd is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.