Private Client Legal Secretary

Shirley, Birmingham (fully office based)

£24,000 - £25,000 p/a

Bell Cornwall Recruitment are delighted to be working with an award-winning, regional law firm in the Birmingham area. They are looking for a Private Client Legal Secretary to join their team in the Shirley office.

Duties and responsibilities of a Private Client Legal Secretary include (but are not limited to):
*Diary management responsibilities including making appointments, organising meetings.
*File management responsibilities: opening and closing files including ensuring filing systems are maintained accurately and up to date.
*Undertake e-mail management (manage inbox and file e-mails), ensuring that urgent emails are promptly picked up by fee earners, or forwarded to another fee earner in their absence.
*Proactive client liaison including taking messages, passing on information and dealing with simple queries.
*Work collaboratively with other secretarial support to provide a responsive and professional secretarial support service to fee earners and clients.
*Management and co-ordination of the fee earners’ billing and financial requirements.
*Audio and copy typing of legal documentation and correspondence, to a high standard.
*Manage the production of all documents (even those not typed personally) from initiation to delivery back to the relevant fee earner.
*Organising conference or meetings calls on behalf of the fee earner.

The person:
*Experienced Legal Secretary/PA with a minimum of 3 years of experience within a private client team is essential.
*Must possess excellent diary management, organisation and prioritisation skills.
*Must be able to communicate effectively and build good relationships with clients and staff within the firm.
*Microsoft Office IT skills - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
*Proven document or case management skills.
*Proven experience of using a legal computerised finance system.

A fantastic opportunity for a diligent legal secretary with experience within private client law.
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(For the purposes of recruiting for this vacancy Bell Cornwall Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency. Bell Cornwall Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer who welcomes applications from all age groups)
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