Legal Secretary

The firm provides specialist legal services to private and commercial clients and are best known for their family and private client work and are widely regarded as one of the very best of the small number of firms in the UK who provide these specialist services at the highest level. Beautiful offices situated in the heart of London with a hybrid working model in place. The ideal candidate should have previous legal experience within Private Client. Looking for someone with good legal experience and some PC experience.

You must have excellent IT skills in Word and Excel. You will need to be able to demonstrate initiative, have the ability to work in a small team and pay strong attention to detail. A well organised secretary who is able to work under pressure and able to work to deadlines, with concise writing skills, spelling, punctuation and proof reading skills would suit this role.

The Role

The Department is looking to recruit an experienced and confident secretary to join the team of six secretaries.

Your key duties will include, but will not be limited to;

- Liaising with clients both face to face and over the phone
- Audio/copy typing, including digital dictation
- Preparing and sewing/binding deeds and Wills
- File opening and compliance support
- Assisting/supporting solicitors, accountants and other fee earners within the department
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- General administrative duties
- Diary management
- Document management
- Maintaining all filing systems effectively

Key Skills

• Passionate and enthusiastic about providing exceptional client service.
• Copes effectively in demanding circumstances.
• The integrity to handle highly confidential information appropriately.
• Have the ability to use own initiative to adapt, and think laterally.
• The ability to pick up unfamiliar work quickly and be proactive.
• Self-motivated and goal focussed, you will enjoy change and variety, and thrive under pressure.
• Technically advanced in Word and Excel.
• Experience of SOS Connect, Winscribe, BigHand, Nuance/Kofax and iManage would be advantageous
• Self-motivated and able to organise own work with minimum supervision.
• Computer literacy
• Good time management, adopting a flexible approach to work.
• Demonstrates persistence and commitment to completing tasks and objectives.
• Delivers work output to the required standard.
• Attention to detail and quality of work.
• Ability to build and maintain working relationships with others and is seen as 'approachable'.
• Operates effectively as part of a team.
• Willing to offer help to other colleagues to ensure efficient running of the department
• Fast and accurate typing speed (65 words per minute).
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and strong evidence of business writing and numeracy skills.

Please apply now if you have the relevant experience.

Parkside Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Parkside Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.