Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary / Wills and Probate
Salary £24,000 - £27,000 (Based on experience)
KEYNSHAM OFFICE / 100% office

The Company:
A well-established law firm with a number of offices across Bristol and South Gloucestershire that genuinely values its employees which reflects in their longevity of staff and creates a lovely, friendly atmosphere. This is a superb role that would suit an organised, focused individual who takes pride in their work, and enjoys a busy role. This role is approximately 50% audio typing and 50% secretarial support.

The Job:
Working in our clients busy Wills and probate team team based in Keynsham you will provide a first-class legal secretarial service. You will need to be an accurate typist. You will also be required to speak to clients to keep them appraised of progress, undertake audio typing, draft documents, perform detailed diary management, manage matters on our case management system - from opening a matter to final billing as well as keeping databases updated. Experience in the use of MS Office to include Word and Excel will be essential.

Key Responsibilities

General secretarial duties such as preparation of correspondence, dealing with incoming and outgoing post, filing, photocopying, printing, drafting documents, performing detailed diary management

Accurate touch-typing with experience of audio typing and word processing

Communicating with clients over the phone and over email to keep them appraised of progress

Managing matters on case management system from opening a matter to final billing as well as keeping databases updated

The Person:

Previous secretarial experience preferred along with Wills and Probate experience

Highly accurate touch typist

Experience in the use of Microsoft Office to include Word and Excel will be essential

An organised, positive individual with a can-do attitude that is able to multitask

The Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm

The Benefits: 23 days holiday + bank holidays (closes at Christmas, using 3 days holiday), 4 x Death in Service, Pension, Critical Illness Cover, Annual Salary Review, Length of Service Award, Summer Party, Superb Working Environment with Excellent Opportunities for Progression