Legal Secretary

Leicester, Leicestershire
Hays Business Support

Your new company
My client is a well known local law firm who is looking to recruit a Legal Assistant/Secretary

Your new role
Duties include:

• To provide comprehensive support to the solicitors to enable them to manage their day-to-day operations at every level, freeing up the solicitors to effectively carry out their fee-earning and other duties.
• To ensure compliance with the Office processes and Office Manual.
• Answering the telephone and directing calls or taking and dealing with messages, receiving, and directing visitors to the firm. Providing refreshments to visitors as required.
• Ensuring the meeting room, reception and visitor areas are kept professionally presentable at all times. Ensuring that the meeting room is prepared for meetings.
• Diary management, filing, finance matters on files such as payment requests, receipt advices, bank transfer requests, etc.
• Dealing with post, including opening incoming post and following incoming post processes, franking post and taking this to the post office.
• Photocopying, scanning, archiving, preparing enclosures, paginating documents, indexing, preparing and booking parcels for the courier.

What you will need to Succeed

• Previous experience of working in a law firm would be advantageous.
• Experience of providing support to solicitors and a good level of IT capability is required.
• Confidence and ability to work on own initiative and under direction and assume the responsibilities of supporting more than one solicitor.
• A flexible and professional attitude to work, be adaptable and able to work under pressure and able to time manage so as to support up to three and possibly four solicitors.
• The ability to follow the firm’s processes and procedures regarding all aspects of the role, and regarding cybersecurity and data protection.
• Ability to work under pressure in a demanding role.

What you’ll get in return
You will be rewarded with a permanent role working in Leicester City Centre to start ASAP.
The role is office based, working Monday to Friday.

What you need to do now

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