360 Recruitment
Legal Secretary – Private Client
Location: Oxford
Salary: £24,000 – £30,000
My client, a leading law firm, are currently recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join their very busy Private Client team in Oxford. The role will be to provide full secretarial and administrative support to a fee earner and the wider team. A genuine interest in Wills, Powers of Attorney, Probate, and estate administration will be an advantage.
Key Responsibilities
- Audio-typing
- Administrative support including: file opening, document production, filing/archiving,
- retrieval of files, photocopying, email management, cheque requests, and dealing with
- post
- Typing standard and non-standard letters
- Drafting documents, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect
- fee earner instruction
- Attending clients over the phone and in person to respond to enquiries
- Arranging and scheduling meetings and other appointments
- Running monthly bills, diarising payments, and follow-up
- Carrying out other duties and responsibilities as required
Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes
- Previous experience within a Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant role for a Private
- Client team desirable
- Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise
- Ability to work quickly, accurately, to deadlines and under pressure
- Competent with IT applications such as Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience on case management systems desirable
- Experience with BigHand transcription system desirable
- Strong written communication skills
- A friendly approachable personality to facilitate the link between lawyers, clients and
- third parties
- Good attention to detail
- Professional, personal presentation
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