Float Legal Secretary
Hours: Full time 36.25 hours per week, Permanent
Location: Wimborne
My client is looking for a Float Legal Secretary to provide support across multiple practice areas in Wimborne.
Duties will include:
*Acting as the first point of contact for the department with people from inside and
*outside the firm.
*Screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them where appropriate
*Monitoring voicemails and taking any telephone messages in the Fee Earners’ absence
*Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments.
*Dealing with Free Consultation enquiries, collecting information and arranging
*appointments
*Dealing with correspondence and writing letters on behalf of the Fee Earners.
*Organising and prepping Fee Earners for any meetings and providing refreshments
*where required.
*Dealing with incoming emails, faxes and post, and recording these on Visual Files.
*Producing any documents, reports, correspondence etc as required, dictated or
*otherwise
*Producing invoices and reporting billed figures to the Fee Earners
*Ensuring client files are kept up to date with proper use of the Case Management System
Skills and experience required:
• Previous experience working as a Legal Secretary
• Strong IT skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Fast accurate typing
• First class communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Focuses on detail, methodical, organised, systematic
• Ability to prioritise workload and deal with any interruptions.