Litigation Secretary: Elite Legal Admin & Scheduling Pro

Dante Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd; Overberg Test Range; On-site; ZAR 201,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Dante Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Litigation Secretary to provide comprehensive support to Attorneys in the Western Cape. The role entails managing diaries, preparing pleadings, affidavits, and bills of costs, and ensuring accurate typing and document proofreading.

Candidates should have 5+ years in a litigation environment, proficient dictaphone typing, and familiarity with Caselines/Court Online. Relocation to Paarl area is considered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a litigation department handling processes and admin duties.
• Experience with court/online systems such as Caselines, Court Online, Searchworx, and CIPC.
• Ghost Practice Bookkeeping System experience is highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to Attorneys in litigation, including diary management.
• Prepare, format, and compile pleadings, affidavits, memoranda, and bills of costs.
• Proofread legal documents and pleadings.
• Open files, debit fees on Ghost Practice, and generate invoices.
• Schedule appointments, client meetings, virtual meetings, court hearings or appearances.
• Type letters, affidavits, pleadings, bills of costs, legal opinions and documents.
• Debit fees and disbursements and bill clients.

Skills

Dictaphone typing

Secretarial support

Litigation administration

Education

Grade 12

Legal Secretarial N4-N6 or related National Diploma

Tools

Caselines/Court Online/Searchworx/CIPC

Ghost Practice

Job description

Dante Personnel Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Litigation Secretary to provide comprehensive support to Attorneys in the Western Cape. The role entails managing diaries, preparing pleadings, affidavits, and bills of costs, and ensuring accurate typing and document proofreading.

Candidates should have 5+ years in a litigation environment, proficient dictaphone typing, and familiarity with Caselines/Court Online. Relocation to Paarl area is considered.