Legal Secretary

Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (Monday - Friday)

Location: Inverness

Salary: £26,000 - £29,000 (depending on experience/qualifications)

Details:

Our client is looking to appoint an experienced Legal Secretary to join their team in Inverness. The successful applicant will undertake a busy and varied workload, working within a highly supportive team environment. Providing comprehensive secretarial support to Partners and Solicitors within the Commercial Team, specific duties include:

• Typing a range of correspondence and documentation containing legal terminology.
• Dealing with client enquiries face to face and by telephone.
• Diary management, co-ordinating and setting up meetings.
• Transcription of legal documents with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Dealing with email enquiries.
• Liaising with a range of internal and external contacts.
• Updating and managing client case files, opening and closing records accordingly.
• Administration and secretarial duties including preparation of various legal forms and templates.
• Filing, photocopying, scanning, and invoicing.

Person Specification

• Previous legal secretarial/administration experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and also manage a busy personal workload.
• Strong IT and administrative skills.
• Polite telephone manner.
• Calm under pressure with good organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Capable of prioritising in order to work to deadlines.
• An excellent knowledge of MS Office including Word, Outlook, etc.

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