Legal Secretary
Leeds
£24,000 – £28,000

My client an award winning Law Firm are looking to recruit a Legal Secretary to join their Care team, based in Leeds.

Main Duties:

The prime role of a Legal Secretary is to provide secretarial support to the care and public team lawyers.

• Typing documents including court documents and applications, emails and file notes, etc for the fee earner’s

• Preparing legal aid applications on CCMS

• Opening files on the case management system

• Answering calls and assisting clients with enquiries

• Liaising with clients/professionals to arrange appointments/meetings, etc.

• Dealing with incoming emails/post and corresponding as appropriate

• Digital dictation (BigHand)

• Ensuring the case management database is continually kept updated.

• Ensuring files are fully time recorded for billing

• Preparing Court bundles.

• Assisting other fee earners within the team

• Ensuring the experts’ register is updated

• Providing cover for other secretaries in their absence

• Assisting fee earners with billing and closing files, as well as invoices





Skills Required:



• Previous experience of working within a Care department at a firm of solicitors, or other similar experience.

• Good telephone manner

• Good typing skills and use of digital dictation

• Highly motivated

• Highly organised

• Willingness to take on new tasks

• Proactive and using initiative

• Efficient

• Able to prioritise workloads of different fee earners.



Benefits



· Competitive salary

· Work life balance

· Hybrid working available.

· 25 days holiday plus statutory, plus extra days for long service.

· An extra day’s holiday for your birthday

· 2 x ½ days off for Life Admin Days

· Health Scheme

· 2 x Non -Contractual Bonuses per year

· Pension

· Christmas party get togethers.



If you are an experienced Legal Secretary interested in this role, please apply asap!