Part Time Legal Secretary

at  Browns Recruitment Consultancy Ltd

SALARY NEGOTIABLE DEPENDING UPON EXPERIENCE

A part time (3 to 4 days) Legal Secretary is sought to join my clients family department based in Gloucester.
The role will involve liaising with clients, clerks, colleagues and other individuals by telephone, email and letter for work related matters. Ensuring that a professional and efficient manner is adopted at all times is essential. Excellent copy and digital audio typing skills are essential with a good understanding of the need to prioritise when working with both clients and colleagues. Other duties include filing, collating information for documents such as bundles, diary management and contact with clients. During busy periods the candidate will be required to help other secretaries with urgent work within the Family department. The candidate will have a strong background within a private Family department and have experience of dealing with sensitive client matters.
Due to the nature of this work the candidate will be good at developing trusting relationships with clients and handling what can be difficult and disturbing cases. The ability to meet clients face to face and take detailed notes is essential as clients can be extremely emotional at times.
The candidate will be familiar with bighand, ccms and the court portal. They will also have gained experience of working as a Legal Secretary in a Solicitor’s practice.

• Fast and accurate typing.
• Ability to draft non legal correspondence.
• Ability to manage and organise large volumes of documents.
• Confident in use of email and other systems in daily work.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, bundle docs and drop box advantageous
  Hours of Work: Part time.
  Salary Range: Dependent on experience and linked to a bonus scheme. Holiday entitlement dependent on working hours. E xcellent working conditions that offer flexibility.