Job Description

Full

Legal Secretary

Salary - negotiable based on experience

Job Types

- Fulltime Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

Holidays (based on full time hours) -

20 days plus bank holidays and at least 1 full week off between Christmas and New Year

Anticipated start date -

as soon as possible

Martin L. Grove is a well-established high street private practice specialising in Residential and Commercial Conveyancing, Wills, Probate and Private Client having provided legal services continuously for over 40 years. We are a small, friendly and dedicated team of professionals committed to providing excellent standards of service and client care.

Our practice is looking for a Legal Secretary with some experience in a legal setting to support our existing fee earners in all our areas of specialism. The successful candidate will provide secretarial and administrative support across the practice to enable a continued professional and responsive service to our clients.

Main duties and requirements:

Reception duties such as answering telephone calls, greeting clients, dealing with general enquiries. Full generic secretarial support as required, including preparing correspondence and documents through fast and accurate audio-typing and word processing. Assist in strongroom activities, such as storing and retrieving documents. Researching information to ensure accuracy, and corresponding with existing clients or contacts. Prepare documents from instructions. Administer both manual and electronic filing daily. Opening, maintaining and closing file. Closing, storing and retrieving client files. Preparing mail and enclosures for dispatch. Arrange for all copying to be done. Make appointments, arrange meetings and maintain an up-to-date diary for fee earner(s). Attend clients, both in person and on the telephone, and provide such support in a professional and friendly manner in-keeping with the practice's standards for client care. Undertake any specific training when required and to have an overall positive attitude towards self-development. Ensure the confidentiality of all information and documentation relating to the practice's clients as well as the practice itself. To contribute as a team member and provide sickness and other absence cover for other members of the team when required. To contribute as a team member in the continual review of efficiencies within the department.

Required skills and experience

Experience of working in a legal environment along with relevant departmental experience is desirable. Fast and accurate typing skills, including digital dictation and integrated legal systems. Experience of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel. Excellent English grammar/spelling; familiarity with legal terminology and numerical skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including experience in dealing with a range of clients via telephone and face-to-face. Discretion and confidentiality is essential. Ability to organise and prioritise your workload to the required standard and within the required timescales. Ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently. Proactive and able to use own initiative within guidelines as set by the practice and fee earners.

Personal specification

Self-motivation: energy; positivity; can-do attitude. Flexibility. Confidentiality and discretion. Proactive; willing to use initiative. Able to work well independently as well as part of a team

Location

Our practice address 81 High Street, Skelton in Cleveland, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 2DY. Remote working is not available.

How to apply

Please send your CV and covering letter to Martin L. Grove, 81 High Street, Skelton in Cleveland, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 2DY or e-mail at admin@mlgrove.co.uk

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 12.21 per hour

Experience:

Office: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person