Legal Secretary Private Client

Our client has a vacancy for a Legal Secretary to join their Private Client Team. The successful candidate will be expected to provide direct secretarial and administrative support to Fee Earners within the Private Client Team. Essential requirements include excellent organisational and time-keeping skills, professional communication over the telephone and in person, as well as attention to detail and accuracy. The following are the key duties attached to this role:1. Preparation of correspondence and documents, including Wills, and LPAs through audiotyping and word processing2. File opening, closure, storage, and retrieval from archive in accordance with the Firm''s procedures3. File management i.e., daily filing on clients'' matters4. Preparation of mails and enclosures for dispatch5. Copy or arrange for copying to be done when required6. Diary management to include arranging and re-arranging meetings where necessary, setting reminders for key dates, and other such reminders to promote excellent client care and ensure smooth running of files7. Liaise with clients, other solicitors, probate office, banks and other parties as instructed by the Fee Earners8. Provide support to other secretaries as and when required, and when there''s capacity9. Answering incoming calls in a professional manner, directing them to the relevant people and/or taking detailed and useful messages10. Other such secretarial and administrative tasks as necessary and required by the Head of ..... full job details .....