Job Description

Location: Office Based, Birmingham City Centre

The Role:

We are working with our client, an established Law Firm, who are seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to join their dynamic and growing team.

As a

Legal Secretary

you will provide vital administrative support to their fee earners,

ensuring they always have access to quality support, so that admin tasks are completed quickly and to a high standard.

You will be a key member of the team working within a collaborative environment committed to providing excellent service to their clients!

Role Responsibilities:

Provide full secretarial support to fee earners, including diary management, document preparation, and client liaison.

Dictation typing and preparing correspondence, documents, and forms.

Manage correspondence, filing, and maintaining client records.

Maintaining good organisation of new and ongoing files using an electronic case management system (Tikit).

Handle telephone and email inquiries from clients and external parties.

Ensuring confidentiality and compliance with GDPR and firm policies at all times.

Experience & Expertise:

Demonstrable experience as a Legal Secretary with Dictaphone & Audiotyping

Excellent typing skills, able to quickly and accurately process legal documents, including correspondence and bills, from manuscript or digital dictation, with minimal supervision.

Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise a busy workload.

Experience of Tikit (or similar case management system) and BigHand dictation would be advantageous but not essential.

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and a professional telephone manner.

Excellent IT skills with the ability to pick up new systems quickly.

Proactive and adaptable approach to work in a fast-paced environment.

High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Ability to work well as part of a team and independently.

What they offer you:

24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

2 additional days holiday are normally provided at Christmas (usually Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve)

Option to purchase up to 3 days additional holiday

8% pension (4% employee contribution, 4% employer)

Life Assurance of 4X salary

Up to 2 days off for volunteering

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme & Bereavement Support helpline

Free flu jabs

Discounted will writing and conveyancing

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 27,000.00-28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Application question(s):

Do you have demonstrable experience as a Legal Secretary with Dictaphone & Audiotyping?
Work Location: In person