A great opportunity has arisen for a secretary to join our Family team based at our offices in Maidstone, Kent.

Whilst we are looking for an experienced secretary if a candidate has the right attitude and temperament we would also be very happy to consider secretarial candidates with less experience.

This role requires an excellent level of secretarial and administration support to allocated Fee Earners within the team. The successful candidate will efficiently use the case management system (OMS) as part of their daily work to ensure the delivery of excellent client service and consistent contribution to the profitability of the Team.

The responsibilities of this role include:-

• Preparing correspondence and other written communications, word processing and typing from manuscript or audio dictation
• Ensuring all files are kept up-to-date and that filing is done regularly
• Undertaking file opening and closing activities
• Ensuring regular archiving of files
• Liaising with clients in person, by telephone and e-mail including taking messages
• Arranging appointments and booking rooms for meetings
• Maintaining accurate, individual time records using CMS in accordance with the firm’s procedures
• Attending team, partnership and training meetings as required
• Assisting with holiday cover both within the team and, if necessary, to other teams and departments
• Assisting and support all members of the team
• Undertaking any other reasonable tasks, duties or requests as and when required by the team or the wider partnership

What we are looking for:

• An enthusiastic individual with strong secretarial skills, ideally with experience within the family legal environment although this is not an absolute requirement.
• Someone who can demonstrate they are a team player who is willing to be flexible to meet the needs of this highly successful team.
• Experience in using with digital dictation
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and take the initiative when required
• Strong numeracy and the ability to understand financial ledgers
• An appreciation of the need for discretion and confidentiality
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

If you feel you have the experience and skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please send your CV together with a covering e-mail to humanresources@brachers.co.uk.

To be considered for this role you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

No agencies please.