Legal Secretary

Victor Chase are currently working with a law society accredited, top 200 Law firm that specialises in personal injury. They cover every area of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence matters. The firm are currently looking for a Legal Secretary to join their team.

The Role

You will be working in a pool of legal secretaries assisting a number of Fee Earners. The job is varied with not just typing and file management, but preparing bundles, taking and making calls to clients, arranging meetings & conferences. They are heading towards being a paperless office but there still will be some filing.

• Their big must, is that you have legal secretary experience? Don’t worry if its not in PI they can offer training to get you up to speed.
• Of course you will have the basic secretarial skills, excellent gramma & spelling, fantastic audio typing skills and an eye for detail.
• From an IT perspective you will have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office packages. If you have knowledge of the Proclaim case management system and digital dictation experience that’s a big plus. They do have an internal IT trainer so if you don’t they can support you while you learn

Salary, Hours & Benefits

• Salary - £22,000 - £25,000 (DOE)
• Working Hours -8:30am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. They can offer some flexibility here.
• Hybrid Working - 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation
• Holidays - 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office) PLUS a day off for your birthday after 2 years’ service
• Benefits - Lots of other benefits like holiday buyback, death in service, free fruit, Employee Assistant Programme, paid for social events, and annual flu jabs.

If you would like to hear more about this exciting role, please get in touch with Nathan at Victor Chase!