Legal Secretary

Focus Resourcing; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A solicitors firm in Reading is seeking a Legal Secretary to join their Dispute Resolution team. In this office-based role, you will provide essential secretarial and administrative support, including document production and telephone management. Ideal candidates will have previous legal secretarial experience, strong MS Office skills, and a professional demeanor. The firm offers a competitive salary and an excellent working environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Great work environment

Qualifications

• Ideally previous legal secretarial experience.
• Experience of working in an administrative/support role in a professional environment, preferably a law firm.
• Strong typing skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce documents and correspondence as directed by solicitors.
• Efficient handling of telephone enquiries and calls.
• File administration and data management.

Skills

Legal secretarial experience

Strong literacy skills

MS Office skills

Database skills

Team player

Flexible and professional manner

Job description

Excellent opportunity to work with a highly successful solicitors who have a team of 60 specialist solicitors and advisers. You will be based in their central Reading office (no parking) and this role is purely office based.

They now need a Legal Secretary to join their growing Dispute Resolution team, to primarily support the team with secretarial and administrative support.

Your role:

• Produce documents and correspondence as directed by solicitors
• Efficient handling of telephone enquiries and calls
• Provision of assistance to and dealing with tasks as delegated
• File administration and data management

The person:

• Ideally previous legal secretarial experience
• Strong literacy skills
• Experience of working in an administrative/support in a professional environment, preferably a law firm
• Strong typing and MS Office skills
• Database skills
• Team player
• Enthusiastic, flexible with a friendly/professional manner

Our client offers a competitive salary and benefits package and a great work environment.