Legal Secretary Property Litigation and Trusts Chancery Lane Salary £43K Permanent role
Legal Secretary Property Litigation and Trusts Chancery Lane Salary £43K Permanent role
Our client, a lovely law firm based in Chancery Lane has a new role in their friendly Property Litigation and Trusts team.
Duties will involve:
- Acting as a first point of contact:
- dealing with correspondence and phone calls.
- Managing diaries and organising meetings and appointments, often controlling access to the partner.
- Arranging travel and liaising re: transport and accommodation.Reminding the manager/executive of important tasks and deadlines.
- Typing, compiling and preparing reports and correspondence.
- Managing databases and filing systems.
- Implementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systems.
- Liaising with staff, suppliers and clients.
- Assist with business development and marketing initiatives
- Open files for new clients, create credit report, and create terms of business and client engagement letter.
- Liaise with Compliance Officer.
- Management and preparation of new client take on procedures.
- Prepare correspondence to be sent.
- Ensure electronic filing and paper based filing is up to date. Prepare court bundles (where necessary) for Property Litigation fee earners. To file documents and correspondence in date order; maintaining files in good order and compile documents
- Work as part of the team and assist other secretaries during busy times.
To secure this role it is essential you have:
- experience in Property Litigation department and/ or Litigation department .
- Minimum typing speed of 60 wpm.
- Advanced Microsoft Word.
- Experience with document management systems and billing packages.
- Excellent client service standards.
- Positive attitude.
- Ability to prioritise.
- Ability to problem solve and use initiative.
Reference: 52407141
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