Legal Secretary - Private Client; Maternity Cover

Legal Secretary - Private Client (Maternity Cover) About Gilson Gray

Gilson Gray’s Private Client team are part of Gilson Gray’s continuingly growing organisation. Gilson Gray LLP are a comprehensive law firm, offering expert legal, property and financial services. We support clients throughout their entire lifetime.

Based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, North Berwick, Lincoln and London we focus on ensuring we provide the highest level of advice and on-going service to our clients. We are ambitious and have significantly grown the team over the course of the last year. We pride ourselves in looking after our clients personally and providing the upmost standard of service.

This role would be based in our Edinburgh office.

We are looking to hire a highly driven Legal Administrator/Secretary to join our successful Private Client team on a fixed-term contract to cover a period of maternity leave, based in Edinburgh.

We are an enthusiastic team that support each other to achieve a great working environment. We value each other’s expertise and opinion and pride ourselves in offering an inclusive, enjoyable and motivating place to work.

As a Legal Administrator/Secretary at Gilson Gray you will be responsible for:

• Liaising with internal and external clients by email, telephone and face to face.
• Opening and closing client files.
• Carrying out client identity checks.
• Preparing and amending documents.
• Dictation and audio typing.
• Assisting with general administrative duties.
• Diary management.

• Previous experience in a similar role is preferred.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and work deadlines.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• You will have the ability to develop strong working relationships within the team as well as communicate concisely both verbally and in writing both internal and external clients.
• A calm, helpful and professional approach.
• IT competent, particularly with reference to the use of Word and Excel.