Eventus Legal are seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to join a well-established and multi-award-winning law firm in Sittingbourne, Kent. This is a fantastic job opportunity within the firm's Conveyancing department. This is a permanent and office-based position. The law firm offers fantastic benefits, which include a generous holiday allowance, reduced rate legal fees and a bonus scheme.
Role Responsibilities
The incoming Legal Secretary will be joining the Conveyancing department.
You will be supporting the fee earners with regards to administration and will be responsible for the following duties:
- Answering the telephone in a polite and efficient manner
- Diary management, arranging appointments and dealing with the clients
- Inputting data onto the client case management system
- Audio and copy typing correspondence, including letters, legal forms and quotes
- Filing and ensuring they are kept up to date
- Handling incoming and outgoing post
- Other general administrative duties such as photocopying, assisting with secretarial and telephone cover when necessary to help the team and handling all the confidential information discreetly
Person specification
Applications are sought from Legal Secretaries who have Conveyancing Legal Secretary experience. The successful Legal Secretary will possess the following skills:
- Strong communicator with a friendly and outgoing manner both over the phone and in person
- Organised with excellent time management
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage a busy workload with minimal supervision
- Team player
- Keen attention to detail
- Client focused with demonstrable client care skills
- Excellent technical skills, to include good knowledge of Word and fast, accurate typing
Benefits and Rewards
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Conveyancing Legal Secretary to join an excellent law firm. They offer a competitive salary depending on your experience along with other benefits including:
- Generous holiday allowance plus Christmas shutdown
- Discretional bonus scheme
- Life Cover
- Staff Social Events
- Career development
About the Company
This is a rare chance to join a leading law firm in Kent, that has been recognised as one of the most awarded law firms in the area. They actively support their staff and often provide funding for candidates to progress within their team. Further to this, the firm is known for being an incredibly friendly and welcoming place to work.
Next Steps
If you are interested in learning more about this Conveyancing Legal Secretary job role, please send your CV to Siobhan Courtney at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email siobhan.courtney@eventuslegal.com or contact 07970 252 772 for a confidential discussion.
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