Legal Secretary – Probate

Job Description:

We are an established law firm based in Farnham and due to expansion are looking to recruit a Legal Secretary to work within our probate team, supporting 2 fee earners. The role is very much an  administration and secretarial support role with the emphasis on document management, typing and administration.

Working for a long established and reputable firm of solicitors, we can offer Monday to Friday working between 9am – 5pm, a friendly office environment, free parking, 25 days holiday, Christmas shut down up to 2 weeks, pension, death in service and subsidised legal costs.

We are ideally seeking candidates with experience working for a legal/law firm as a Legal Secretary and who have  at least 6 months exposure within the probate sector.

The role of Legal Secretary involves:

• Assisting two fee earner in their day to day work by providing support and an efficient secretarial service in the probate side of things.
• Managing diaries and help to organise their workloads, fielding enquiries and dealing with matters on their behalf.
• Providing full secretarial support including using a digital dictation system and document management software to produce correspondence and other documentation related to contractual and commercial transactions.
• Maintaining comprehensive and accurate client administration files.
• Assisting with full administrative duties which will include meeting and greeting clients, handling department calls and directing accordingly and arranging meeting room bookings for the team.
• Secretarial support to other fee earners within the department if required. 

Skills and Experience required:

• Legal Secretary experience with private client background preferable (at least 6 months exposure to wills, probate, LPAs, administration of estates, tax and trusts etc)
• Strong and efficient secretarial and admin skills
• Audio transcription ability
• Fast, accurate typing
• Experience of using case management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• IT literate – Microsoft Word / Excel / Outlook / Digital Audio software

In return you will receive an attractive package; salary of up to £25k, working the hours of 9am – 5pm, free parking, 25 days holiday and benefits package.

Ideal candidates will come from legal, legal secretarial, paralegal and probate backgrounds.

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