Private Client Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary - Private Client
Chichester
Salary Negotiable
 
A fantastic, leading firm in Chichester, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Private Client team.
Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Chichester.

Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Private Client:

• Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Private Client Department
• Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
• Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
• Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
• Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
• Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
• Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
• Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
• Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task's status
• Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
• Collaborates with team members on team processes, procedures and solutions - ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these
• Actively participates in team meetings

Skills Required:

• Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
• Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
• IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
• Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
• Exemplary document management and filing
• Excellent telephone manner
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
• Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
• Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members

The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Chichester, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to rio@douglas-scott.co.uk