Job Details

Job skills:

Legal Secretary Skills, Audio Dictation, Administrative Procedures, File Maintenance, Documentation Format, Mail Processing, Photocopying, Legal Documents, Preparing Correspondence, Calendar Management, Telephone and Reception Skills

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a Legal Secretary/Receptionist for a full time role in our office at Oxford Circus, London W1. The office hours are 9.30am to 5.30pm with one hour for lunch. 20 days paid annual leave excluding bank holidays, 3 days to be taken over the Christmas festive period. 

You will be supporting two partners, a part time senior associate and a part time conveyancing executive.

Your main day-to-day tasks will be answering the telephone, using SpeechLive for audio dictation, drafting and amending documents, opening and closing files, meeting and greeting visitors and assisting the fee earners with their work generally.

Qualifications:

You will be able to demonstrate various examples of previous legal work experience in a similar role.

You will be adept at providing a first-class client service. As the firm uses Office 365, excellent IT skills will be required.

The practice believes in a friendly and supportive team who also employ an open door policy on all aspects of practice as well as being a team player.

A short typing test will be given at interview. The ability to touch type is mandatory and the holding of a secretarial qualification is preferred.