Family Legal Secretary

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Ltd

St Albans

On-site

GBP 25,000 - 34,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Birthday leave

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Benenden Health care

Firm laptop

Ongoing training and development

Mentor supervision

Job summary

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Ltd is recruiting a Legal Secretary for the Family & Childcare Team in our St Albans office. This full-time position offers professional development in a dynamic, growing, multi-office firm that operates paperless with significant IT investments.

The ideal candidate will have experience in legal secretarial work, a keen interest in family law, superb typing and communication skills, and the ability to manage diaries and client communications efficiently.

Qualifications

Experience as a legal secretary or similar with interest in family & childcare law.
Strong organisational skills.
Ability to work under pressure.
Fast and accurate typing and spelling.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Type from digital dictation or copy typing.
Conduct electronic filing as required.
Handle incoming/outgoing calls to clients, Counsel, experts and others.
Maintain appointment diaries for Fee Earners and senior team members.
Greet clients and visitors, directing them as needed.
Ensure compliance with office procedures per Practice Manual.
Deal with CCMS legal aid matters/applications.
Process fee notes and invoices for experts.

Skills

Legal secretary experience

Interest in family law

Organisational skills

Work under pressure

Typing speed and accuracy

Clear written and verbal communication

Tools

CCMS legal aid experience

Job description

My client is a multi-service law firm committed to access to justice, their lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties, and human rights. They are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm, and we are currently recruiting a Legal Secretary to join our Family & Childcare Team in our St Albans Office. This is a full time position within a dynamic and growing team, offering an excellent opportunity for professional development within an award-winning law firm.

Your Profile

You will preferably:

Have some experience working as a legal secretary or similar with a pretence for experience in family & childcare law.
Be able aim to demonstrate an interest in Family law.
Have strong organisational skills.
Have the ability to work under pressure.
Fast and accurate typing skills and spelling.
Clear and precise written and verbal communication skills.

We would like the ideal candidate:

To type from digital dictation, or otherwise including copy typing.
To do such electronic filing as may be required from time to time.
To deal with telephone calls whether incoming or outgoing from clients, Counsel, experts and other third parties.
To keep appointment diaries for any Fee Earner or any Senior Member of the team.
To deal with clients and others visiting the office as may be appropriate.
To ensure compliance with all office procedures as laid down in the Practice Manual including any variations or amendments.
To deal with CCMS legal aid matters / applications.
To action any fee notes and/or matters pertaining to experts’ invoices.
Any other such matters as required.

They offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team, within a friendly team, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently. They offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 23 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year). We review annual leave and increase with service.

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