Litigation Secretary

Powering the Future of Work is Humanly Possible. For over 70 years, ManpowerGroup has been dedicated to enriching people's lives with meaningful employment and development opportunities, and providing companies with innovative workforce solutions that help them increase agility, improve productivity and boost the bottom line. ManpowerGroup South Africa was established in 1999, and today works with organisations in both the public and private sectors, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises, to multi-national organisations. ManpowerGroup South Africa has a network of 3 local branches and is a subsidiary of ManpowerGroup, which has a worldwide network of nearly 4,000 offices in over 80 countries and territories.Responsibilities: Dictaphone and copy-typing of a wide range of documents Typing, formatting and collating of notices and pleadings Incorporating amendments to documents and verifying that amendments have been effected correctly Attend to issue pleadings, upload pleadings, sort pleadings Organize court files on CourtOnline and CaseLines. Preparing resource, counsel and client files Opening of new matters and liaising with clients regarding the onboarding of new clients Strong administration and organisational skills in order to manage professionals' practices (diary management, answering telephone calls and tracking messages in the absence of the professionals) General office and personal administration Preparing pre-bills and billing memos (sending same to clients) Managing debtors and debt collection with the accounts department FICA administration: following up to ensure the FICA requirements are complete Liaise with clients, counsel, presiding officers, experts and other service providers when instructed to do so by Lawyers Assisting in preparation of tender submissions and presentations Requirements: Minimum 5 years experience as a litigation secretary Excellent knowledge of MS Word programs (more specifically MS Word 2010 and Excel) Knowledge on Aderant Expert (CMS) accounting system Knowledge on FileSite Sound working knowledge of CourtOnline and CaseLines. Experience in High Court litigation (motion proceedings). Secretarial diploma/legal secretarial diploma/paralegal qualification (advantageous) Matric essential