Copy of Legal Secretary

GT STEWART LIMITED; St Albans; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme with employer contrib.

Annual leave 23 days + bank holidays

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Ongoing training and development

Salary reviews and annual appraisals

Job summary

GT STEWART LIMITED in St Albans seeks a permanent, full-time Family & Childcare Legal Secretary to support a busy team. The role requires experience as a legal secretary with an interest in family law, excellent typing and communication skills, and strong organisational ability to work under pressure.

The ideal candidate will manage diaries, handle calls from clients and professionals, and ensure office procedures are followed, including CCMS matters and fee notes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a legal secretary or similar, with interest in Family law.
• Fast and accurate typing and spelling required.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Take telephone calls from clients, Counsel, experts and third parties.
• Maintain appointment diaries for Fee Earners or Senior Team members.
• Ensure compliance with office procedures and Practice Manual updates.
• Handle CCMS legal aid matters/applications and process fee notes.

Skills

Typing

Spelling

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organisational skills

Work under pressure

Job description

Full-time Permanent Entry Level

Description

Family Team Legal Secretary – St Albans Office

We are seeking a permanent, full-time Family & ChildcareTeam Secretary for our busy St Albans office to join our expanding team.

Your Profile:

You will preferably:-

1.Have some experienceworking as a legal secretary or similar with a pretence for experience infamily & childcare law.

2.Be able aimto demonstrate an interest in Family law

3.Have strong organisationalskills

4.Have the ability to workunder pressure

• Fastand accurate typing skills and spelling.
• Clearand precise written and verbal communication skills.

We would like the ideal candidate:

• 1. To type from digital dictation,or otherwise including copy typing.
• To do such electronic filing as may berequired from time to time.
• To deal with telephone calls whetherincoming or outgoing from clients, Counsel, experts and other thirdparties.
• To keep appointment diaries for any FeeEarner or any Senior Member of the team.
• To deal with clients and others visitingthe office as may be appropriate
• To ensure compliance with all officeprocedures as laid down in the Practice Manual including any variations oramendments.
• To deal withCCMS legal aid matters / applications.
• To action anyfee notes and/or matters pertaining to experts’ invoices.
• Any other suchmatters as required.

Working with us: -

The salary for this position is dependent on experience.

We will offer ongoing training and support to develop yourcareer as part of a strong and growing multi-office team.

Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recentsignificant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently.

We offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you getenough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 23 days (plusbank holidays / Christmas and New Year).

We review annual leave and increase with service.

Employee benefits with GTS:

• Competitivebase salary.
• PensionScheme with employer contribution.
• AdditionalBirthday Leave
• ElectricVehicle Scheme
• Ongoingtraining and development.
• Supportivesupervision from mentors.
• Annualappraisals and salary reviews.
• Bi-annualparties for Summer and Christmas.
• Additionalperks and benefits.

We have a dedicated in-bound telephony team to take calls andmessages for our fee earners. Lawyers also have the benefit of dictation andsupport staff to assist in easing the pressure and enabling efficient working.

We are a multi-office, multi-service Legal 500 and Chambers& Partners firm recognised for excellence in a variety of legal fields.