Job Description
Legal Secretary (2 roles)
Edinburgh City Centre based fully office-based roles
Permanent Full time hours Monday to Friday
Salary up to 34,000 per annum + benefits (depending on relevant Legal experience)
Search Consultancy are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading Law firm based in Edinburgh City Centre to recruit two new Legal Secretarial roles for their business.
The successful candidates will be responsible for providing comprehensive secretarial support to fee earners within two of their teams within the office - Private Client and Residential Conveyancing.
These roles would ideally suit experienced Legal Secretaries who are looking to make their next move within the Legal sector. Candidate with experience in either Private Client or Conveyancing would be in the best position to secure the top of the salary bracket on offer.
Duties involved in this role will include:
Setting up new clients on the firm's system, opening of new matters and assisting fee-earners with client on-boarding documentation
Timely and accurate completion of varied documentation and correspondence as required in line with firm & department templates
Undertaking digital dictation and typing for the fee earners on a daily basis
Dealing with incoming calls, emails & correspondence coming into the department, taking call notes, flagging & escalating as appropriate
Taking & passing on messages to the appropriate person within the department
Full diary management for partners including appointment scheduling, meeting management and room/venue bookings
Handling & filing of sensitive legal documentation
Liaising with the Secretarial Support Manager to help plan allocation of work across the teams & staff
Various other Secretarial & Admin duties as directed
In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:
Previous experience as a Legal Secretary or Legal Administrator carrying out Secretarial duties in line with the above - this experience is ESSENTIAL
Candidates with specific Private Client, Conveyancing, Rural or Commercial Real Estate Secretarial experience would be preferred for these roles, but this is not essential and candidates with secretarial experience in other areas will be considered
Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail - with the ability to prioritise a very busy workload & pivot your focus when needed
First class IT and typing skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and preferably experience of using digital dictation software
First class communication skills - both written & verbal
If this is the role for you, apply now!
Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.
