Legal Secretary

My client, a well-respected firm of long standing, is looking for a Legal Secretary to work full time in a permanent position in their Tunbridge Wells office. This role is hybrid and will be split between 3 days in the office and 2 working from home.

The successful candidate will be able to execute a variety of secretarial duties, working with fee earners and other members of the team on a variety of administrative functions. Candidates will have to have effective time management and organisational skills coupled with the ability to be accurate in their work and able to meet deadlines.

If you have previous experience in Private Client work this would be desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Typing correspondence and legal documentation from notes or by dictation
• Taking calls and passing messages to and from clients
• File management, opening and closing, using practise management system
• Diary management, booking meetings and appointments
• Preparing trial bundles
• All other administration tasks such as scanning, copying and emailing.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Legal secretarial training/qualification
• Must have previous experience in a legal secretarial role
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, some knowledge of Power Point and Excel)
• Well organised and efficient
• Able to work to deadlines under pressure
• Confidentiality, conscientious, tactful and patient
• Excellent grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Good standard of general education.

Please apply with your latest CV if you have the skills and experience required.