Legal secretary – Private Client

Recruitment Solutions Folkestone Ltd are now recruiting for a Legal secretary with Private Client experience for our highly respectable and well know client in East Kent, in their Canterbury Branch. Are you and experience legal secretary looking for a role that encompasses variety and stability with a great solicitors? Then do please read on………

All About the Role

You will be providing full secretarial support for Partner and department including arranging appointments, dealing with client queries in person and by phone, together with preparation of correspondence and documents by audio typing via the digital dictation system.

Filing, photocopying and opening/closing client files in a timely manner. Maintaining and coordinating Partner’s diary and diary notes and reporting on these as necessary.

Regular consideration of client files and liaising with Partner on any action required. Preparing Client Estate Accounts using Excel.

Providing administrative support to department team. To provide secretarial support to the Family and Property departments as required.

Providing cover for Reception during lunch breaks, holidays and unforeseen absences; collection/delivery of daily incoming/outgoing post and DX usually by office rota.

Compliance with the firm’s accounts and administrative disciplines and procedures.

To agree clear objectives linked to the Firm’s business plan and participate in the performance management system, assessing performance and giving feedback as relevant.

To ensure confidentiality on all appropriate matters and recognise that any breach of this confidentiality will be treated very seriously.

All About You!

Relevant secretarial experience gained from within a busy legal practice
Experience gained from within the specific service area (Private Client, Family, and Property)
Good all round education; both literate and numerate
Competent in the use of MS Word, Excel and Outlook (Professional) gained in a working environment, preferably the legal industry.
Accurate in producing good quality correspondence
Proficient audio typist
Familiar with transcribing correspondence using Digital Dictation
Clear verbal and written communication skills, capable of drafting own basic correspondence as necessary
Team working (flexible and adaptable to the needs of the team)
Attention to accuracy and detail
Clean and presentable in appearance

Regrettably, we are currently unable to consider any speculative CV’s, please only apply if you fully match the skills and experience required. If you have not had contact from us within 72 hours of your application, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.