Legal Secretary

Would you like a-Legal Secretary-role that will see you make an impact in an ambitious, people focused-firm-that offers-hybrid working, and prides itself on its people first, supportive culture, as well as opportunities for-career development and progression? Would you like the chance to work in a-collaborative environment-where your ideas are valued?

An exciting-Legal Secretary-opportunity has arisen at the stunning offices of our client,-one of the UK''s top law firms-where you will be-providing support to fee earners-within the highly collaborative, busy-Estates-team-on probate and estate matters. Your lynchpin role will be varied with no day being the same, and will encompass-taking ownership of processes-to ensure various legal secretarial and administrative support tasks are completed on time to ensure a high level of support to clients at sensitive and difficult times personally.

As a-Legal Secretary-your new roles involve:

• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, executors and beneficiaries, building strong relationships
• Liaising with third parties including HMRC, Probate Registry, Land Registry and banks
• Complex diary management and setting up meetings, calls, appointments and travel
• Drafting correspondence and documentation (e.g. letters of authority, closure and encashment forms) and preparing accounts documents
• Assisting with preparation for meetings and-business development activity
• Opening and closing probate files
• Maintaining client, beneficiary and estate information
• Logging and tracking key documents such as wills and Grants of Probate, and managing key dates throughout the estate administration process
• Conducting bankruptcy searches

I am very interested in speaking with candidates who have experience working as a-Legal Secretary, Estates Secretary, or Secretary-(from within a professional services environment) supporting multiple fee earners / professionals, and who have a background supporting Private Client, Private Wealth, Probate or Estates work. A-passion for empathetic, sensitive client care and adaptability, along with the ability to-prioritise your own workload-and solid-proof reading, accuracy and IT skills (MS Office, BigHand)-are important for this Legal Secretary opportunity.

Salary for this position is c. -30,000 to -32,000 p.a. (depending on level of experience).

Benefits include: hybrid working, life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.

The company''s stunning offices offer-free parking (limited on-site on a first come first serviced basis) or close by to the offices,-however if you are travelling by public transport-they are only a short 10-15 minutes walk from the nearest train station.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

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