Legal Secretary - Family Environment

Overview

Legal Secretary Are you looking for a more flexible and welcoming environment along with an excellent package that will be regularly reviewed? Our highly respected client is looking to recruit for the conveyancing team where you will be responsible for day to day support to the fee earners.

Along with excellent secretarial and communication skills we ideally would like to see applications with Family Law work history.

Key responsibilities will include:

• General correspondence
• Typing of Financial Consent Orders
• Forms E and collating all documents referred to in financial proceedings
• Briefs to Counsel
• Collating papers to be sent with Brief
• Liaising with Counsel’s clerk as to availability and progress
• Preparation of electronic court bundles
• Children Act proceedings, the typing of orders, preparing court bundles and liaising with clients in a sympathetic way
• Typing cohabitation agreements, pre-nuptial agreements and change of name deeds
• Taking telephone calls and relaying accurate messages
• Diary management and arranging appointments
• Monitoring deadlines in respect of client affairs
• Maintaining files, day-to-day administrative duties
• Maintaining and building successful relationships with clients and colleagues

We look forward to your application.