Job Description
Salary: Competitive
We are recruiting for Part Time Legal Secretary to work for a Legal Practice that cover Civlil Litigation, Matrimonial Law, Divorce Law & Child care proceedings covering Harrow, Brent, Ealing, Watford, Hertfordshire and London.
Main Purpose
- Provide effective support services to all fee-earners
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Type work as dictated or requested by all Partners, the Senior fee-earner or any fee-earner to whom candidate reports
- Assist in the personal organisation of the fee-earners through the operation of a diary management system, including bring forward system, filing of papers etc.
- Assist in communications with clients through relaying telephone messages both incoming and outgoing and providing any assistance
- Ensure the positive representation of the Firm in all dealings with clients and others
- Ensure that the Firm’s quality control procedures are complied with when dealing with matters
Personal Specification
- Educational qualifications of literacy and numerate at GCSE or equivalent standard
- Professional qualifications in typing/audio typing (i.e. RSA or equivalent) with minimum typing speed of 60-80 words per minute
- Experience in typing/audio typing - preferable 3 years.
- Personal skills - knowledge of Microsoft Office 10 Professional suite (or a later version office 365), knowledge of Practice Management and Legal Accounting software helpful (Advance Legal Business), keyboard skills etc.
- Personal qualities of special importance, i.e. enthusiastic, dynamic, progressive etc..
- Personal circumstances – flexibility of working hours
Salary
- Depends on experience, qualification, speed