Legal Secretary - Commercial Litigation and Employment

Our Commercial Litigation and Employment department, based at our Wynyard Office, is looking to recruit a full-time Legal Secretary, preferably with experience in a legal setting, to provide secretarial and administrative support to the partners, solicitors and other lawyers in the team and to assist them in delivering a first class professional and responsive service to clients. 

The role is office-based, working Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm with one hour for lunch each day. 

Main duties include: 

• Providing full secretarial and administrative support to the lawyers in the team, including file management, preparing correspondence and documents through fast and accurate audio typing and word processing. 
• Handling client contact via telephone and in person, dealing with queries such as initial enquiries, providing updates and taking messages in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm's standards of client care. 
• Managing diaries, arranging appointments and coordinating meetings. 
• Opening, maintaining and closing files using the firm's case management system. 
• Storing and retrieving client files.
• Preparing mail and enclosures for dispatch.
• Providing support to other secretaries and departments as required. 

Experience of working in a legal environment is desirable.