Legal Secretary (law graduate or LPC student)

This is a varied Legal Secretarial role where you will be “floating” and providing cover where needed throughout the company, so a great opportunity to gain good legal experience.

The role may potentially suit a law graduate or LPC student or similar

Based in Camberley but need to be a car owner as you will sometimes be required to work in another local office

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prioritise daily workloads and ensure key priorities are met.
• Type dictation when providing float cover.
• Prepare correspondence, documents, e-mails, faxes
• Perform diary management duties – including making of appointments, advising reception of clients/meetings, assisting with the arrangement of external/internal meetings and updating diaries.
• Pay in and draw cheques.
• Assist fee earners with preparation of client bills.
• Ensure excellent client service via telephone, internet, e-mails.
• Assist department with the answering of incoming calls and taking messages where appropriate.
• Ensure all client files comply with client care processes.
• Complete internal administration/account forms under fee earners’ direction.
• Ensure photocopying is carried out in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assist with research as instructed by fee earners via the Internet.
• Ensure compliance with the firm’s archiving procedures in order that completed files can be sent to outside storage in a timely manner.
• Assist temporary staff/firm’s float secretaries in the department with general office queries.
• Assist fee earners’ with the upkeep of the department’s precedent library.
• Ensure fee earners’ post and DX is sent out daily.
• Provide reception cover as required to cover for sickness and absence
• Assisting cashiers if required, including doing the banking etc.