Maternity Cover Family Secretary

Polkadotfrog; England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment agency is looking for a dedicated Legal Secretary for a 9-12 month maternity cover. You will provide essential support to a family lawyer while managing various administrative tasks. This opportunity offers the chance for hybrid work arrangements after initial settling in, ideal for someone with experience in legal settings.

Qualifications

• 3 years of legal secretarial experience required.
• Must have audio typing skills.
• Highly organized and competent in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Preparing correspondence and legal documents to a high standard.
• Answering calls and assisting visitors.
• Maintaining diaries and arranging appointments.
• File management.

Skills

Legal secretarial experience

Audio typing

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Microsoft Office proficiency

Job description

A 9-12 month opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join a small team who really care about their clients and always go that extra mile. You will principally work one-to-one with an experienced and specialist family lawyer, providing her with secretarial and administrative support to enable her to work effectively and efficiently.

Key duties include:

1. Preparing correspondence and legal documents from digital dictation to a very high standard of accuracy.
2. Answering calls, taking messages, and helping visitors in person.
3. Maintaining diaries and arranging appointments.
4. File management.

Why you should apply:

This is a full-time role, fully office-based for the first 2 months, then hybrid thereafter. As this is a maternity cover, the role is likely to last 9-12 months, but may become permanent depending on the current employee's decisions.

What we're looking for:

You will need a professional, polite, and enthusiastic approach. Ideally, you will have 3 years of legal secretarial and audio typing experience. You should be highly organized, able to multitask, and competent within Microsoft Office packages.

At polkadotfrog recruitment, we do our best to ensure both client and candidate satisfaction. If you require any reasonable adjustments such as access or information in an alternative format, please inform us as soon as possible so we can make the appropriate arrangements.

Our team of Specialist Consultants has the skills, experience, and passion to deliver a professional, personal, and quality service. Our mission is to build long-term relationships and help clients and candidates find the perfect match.

While we would love to get back to every applicant, it is not always possible. If you haven't heard from us within 5 days, please note that your application has not been successful on this occasion.