Legal Secretary

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Legal Secretary

Sunderland Full Time hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

£13-£17 per hour

Looking for some temporary legal secretarial cover within the litigation department to cover a period of sickness. This role is for an immediate start so would not suit a candidate with a notice period to honour.

The Role

As a member of the firm, you are responsible to the Director(s).

Detailed below is a set of duties and responsibilities.

However, these are not exhaustive, and we reserve the right to amend such duties and responsibilities, so long as they remain within your skillset, as and when appropriate.

Key Tasks

To schedule appointments, maintain calendars and monitor deadlines for your nominated fee earner(s).
To meet and greet clients in reception on behalf of the fee earner(s), whilst ensuring that clients are made to feel comfortable and offered refreshments as appropriate.
To be responsible for the day-to-day typing of letters, attendance notes, bills, legal documentation etc. which will be dictated to you or instructed to you by members of the team.
To prepare and collate court bundles in hard copy and/or electronic format, as required.
To observe and apply fully any file management procedures as shall be in operation within the Firm;
To ensure that the billing of files is carried out effectively and at the earliest opportunity;
To be considerate to and liaise appropriately with all colleagues, remembering at all times that co-operation between everyone is fundamental to a successful and enjoyable working environment.
To request AML documents and send out reminder notices to clients in the event there is a delay in receiving the same.
To perform various administrative tasks, as directed by the fee earner(s), to include printing, scanning saving documents to the Firm’s systems, opening post, posting letters and documents.
To take telephone messages accurately, ensuring they are passed to the relevant fee earner in a timely manner.
To assist with the production of monthly billing.
To carry out legal research as requested by the relevant fee earner.
To attend court to hand deliver documents/bundles, if and when required by the fee earner.
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Location:
Sunderland
Salary:
£13 - £17 /hour
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Legal

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