Legal Secretary

Johnsons Solicitors are seeking to recruit a Legal Secretary to join their busy team. 

Experience and skills

• Must have a minimum of 2+ years’ experience working as a legal secretary;
• Reception and general administration experience is desirable;
• The successful candidate must have good literacy skills, good communications skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to work as a team member;
• Experience using digital dictation software is essential;
• Use of ALB case management system is desirable but not essential.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Complete digital dictation and any copying typing requirements;
• Maintaining the companies case management system;
• Compiling briefs for counsel when required;
• Filing and photocopying;
• Arranging consultants and medical appointments, when required;
• Preparing briefs for counsel and court bundles; and
• Taking telephone calls on behalf of the partner/solicitor and dealing with clients;
• Manning the main switchboard, when required, by answering all incoming calls, forwarding callers to the correct individuals and taking messages;
• Greeting clients to reception;
• Ordering stationery to include toners for the copiers;
• Daily bank and lodgement runs, when required;
• Checking the voicemail each day for new messages and forwarding them to the correct individuals, when required;
• Arranging bookings for the boardroom;
• Arranging deliveries and pick-ups from couriers, when required;
• Recording all outgoing mail, franking it and delivering to the post office and/or DX each afternoon, when required;
• Opening incoming mail, stamping it with the correct date and distributing accordingly. 

If you wish to apply for this role please email a CV and cover letter to: elizabeth.cardwell@johnsonslaw.co.uk

Closing date for applications is 12 August 2021 at 5pm.