Job Details

Private Client Legal Secretary
Crawley
Salary up to £27k

A leading multi service firm with a solid reputation in the market is expanding the private client department and is looking to recruit an experienced Legal Secretary for a full time permanent position. Working in the highly successful private client team the role will involve providing full secretarial and administrative support and day to day duties will include:

- Supporting new client inceptions and file opening activities
- Client care and correspondence
- E-mail management
- Fielding and screening telephone calls
- Dealing with/directing new enquiries
- Setting up client meetings
- Diary management
- Checking and distributing client documentation
- Overseeing preparation of court bundles
- Developing into drafting Chronologies and Employment Tribunal Indexes
- Supporting billing, drafting detailed narratives and retainer spreadsheets to accompany invoices & financial management activities as required
- Uploading client documentation to client portal(s) where appropriate
- Closing and archiving of client files upon completion of matter

The successful candidate will have at least 12 months experience as a legal secretary within a private client department and have a typing speed of at least 60 wpm. You will be a proficient user of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and have excellent organisational skills. There are fantastic long term career opportunities and the salary available is above market rate for the area.

This is a fantastic opportunity not to be missed so if you have the required experience and want to work for a respectable, progressive and friendly firm, please apply for immediate consideration.

Please contact Amy Turner, Legal Recruitment Consultant, to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration.

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