TITLE: Legal Secretary

JOB REF: PV11161

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 + Bonus + other Great Benefits

Hours: Mon to Fri 9am – 5.30pm 37.5 hrs

Hybrid opportunity to work in the office for 3 days and 2 days working from home

JR Personnel are an employment agency acting on behalf of a client who is looking for a pro-active, client focussed secretary with experience
working in a legal environment within the property area of law. This is a great opportunity for a traditional PA who would like to work pretty much 1:1 with the partner. You must have legal secretarial experience and within a property team. Our client is very successful, it is a great place wo work and the partner is very impressive.

Why Join:

Working for a leading law firm you will be the single point of contact for a range of clients. Our client has maintained a family friendly feel despite undergoing major growth in the past few years and will offer in-depth training to new staff members.

ROLE PROFILE:  

• 1:1 full legal secretarial support to the fee earner /partner
• Diary management
• Carefully manage client relationships and deal with client queries
• Liaise with other departments and check returned documents before passing to relevant lawyer
• Ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to throughout, manage key dates and the production of correspondence
• Taking dictation
• Assist with organising internal and external events and seminars
• Various administrative duties including but not limited to minute taking, inbox monitoring, photocopying etc
• Key point of contact between internal departments and clients
• Update and maintain the CRM system, liaising with business development managers to ensure client details are up to date

PERSON PROFILE:

• Excellent communicator both written and verbal
• Ability to maintain and build client relationships through excellent customer service
• Previous experience within administrative capacity
• Confidential and discreet
• Inquisitive and driven to see a problem through to the end
• Must be able to take responsibility for own work

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven ability to manage and prioritise own workload
• Previous experience within a property / conveyancing environment
• Experienced working with Microsoft Office

Due to the number of responses generated we are unable to get back to every applicant.  If you have not heard from us within seven days you will not have been successful on this occasion.