Legal Secretary - Conveyanciing

Legal Secretary - Conveyancing

Location: Royal Wootton Bassett

Salary: £22,000 - £26,000 + Performance Bonus

The Company:

An award-winning firm having been presented in recent years with the Law Society’s Excellence Award for Innovation and two awards for excellent customer service. They provide a comprehensive range of first-class legal services for individuals, families and businesses. Their purpose is to provide excellent client service and exceed expectations by being dynamic, inspiring, and proactive; client service is at the heart of everything they do.

The Role:

• To work within the Conveyancing department providing high quality administrative support and secretarial services.
• Engage with the team and clients to build and develop strong working relationships and contribute towards making the workplace an inspiring and successful place to work.

Responsibilities:

Dealing with all administrative duties relating to client transactions and secretarial requirements including but not limited to:

• Managing Fee Earner’s diary
• Preparing files for billing
• Screening incoming calls
• Typing of correspondence, photocopying, filing sending faxes and opening new files.
• Sorting and prioritising mail, emails and messages
• Dealing with client’s matters where appropriate
• Supporting in all areas of work where appropriate
• Provision of a reliable and efficient service to clients
• Provision of a professional & friendly service to clients with the ability to recognise when clients may be going through a difficult process e.g. divorce or family transactions.
• Preparation of straightforward legal documents
• Commitment to the LEXCEL & Investors in People standards, the requirements of the Law Society and to understand them.
• Being familiar with the basic requirements of the Solicitors Accounts Rules which affect the receipt and payment into the bank of cheques and the accounting of client’s monies.

Essential Skills & Requirements:

• Proven experience of Legal Secretary work
• To have the ability to remain calm, polite and focused when dealing with different situations
• To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all employees
• Sound general administrative experience
• Great attention to detail
• To enjoy a varied workload and working at pace
• To be able to produce a high standard of work when under pressure
• The ability to make sound decisions taking ownership when required.
• To present in a professional manner
• To demonstrate flexibility in approach

Hours:

• Monday to Friday
• 25 hours per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Wellness programmes

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