Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary/Assistance | Bournemouth | upto £28,000 DOE

As Legal Secretary you’ll be an integral part of the team within a local prestigious solicitor firm with multiple practices across Dorset.

Situated within the Bournemouth branch, as Legal Secretary you’ll provide support within the Residential Conveyancing department as well providing other general administrative support across the team.

Background & Benefits:

Our client is a progressive and expanding legal practice with c150 staff across 6 local offices. Their culture supports and encourages career development, where they have clearly defined career progression plans that are based on personal competencies, so that there is something to motivate everyone. Alongside clear career advancement, they also offer the opportunity to develop other personal skills, such as leadership, selling, and time management.

There is a big emphasis at the firm on rewarding staff and they continually review staff benefits. These currently include:

• 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)
• Gym membership options
• Extra pension contributions, extra holiday, or a Healthcare Cashback Scheme,
• Paid time off for charity work, free weekly exercise classes
• 35 hour working week

Legal Secretary responsibilities: -

• Taking charge of files in preperation for completion
• Managing all post completion correspondance
• Dealing with completed registration
• Closing files and sending deeds to storage
• Assisting with clients, taking telephone calls and taking messages or providing assistance wherever possible
• Sending and processing invoices
• Provide general secretarial support to help progress client files
• Setting up and completing a matter including bills/telegraphic transfer etc.

Legal Secretary Skills & Experience required: -

• At least 3 years previous administrative/secretarial support experience ideally within a legal firm, property based company or professional services dealing with clients of high net work
• Strong accuracy skills
• The ability to efficiently manage and organise a busy workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong typing and audio typing skills
• A positive and friendly outlook

Interested?

Rubicon are working exclusively on this Legal Secretary vacancy. To avoid missing out on the opportunity, please submit your CV directly via the advert or call Ellie or Harriet at Rubicon