Legal Secretary
ACS are recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join an established law firm in Warrington.
Working for one of our clients Senior Partners you will be responsible for the following tasks:
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Audio typing skills essential
- Prepare and manage correspondence, legal documents and reports and court papers
- Organise and coordinate meetings, conferences and travel arrangements
- Take, type and distribute minutes of meetings
- Implement and maintain office systems
- Organise diaries and make appointments
- Handle incoming mail and other material as directed
- Maintain filing systems
- Collate information
- Answering telephone calls and dealing with enquiries
- Taking accurate and detailed telephone messages
- Maintain databases
- Communicate verbally and in writing responding to enquiries
Education & Experience:
- Knowledge and experience of relevant software applications – spreadsheets, word processing and database management
- Proficient in spelling, punctuation, grammar and other English language skills
- Proven experience of producing legal and non-legal documents and correspondence
- Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures
- Proven experience in information and communication management
Key Competences:
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Confidentiality
- Planning and organisational skills
- Time management and ability to work to deadlines
- Interpersonal skills and customer service orientation
- Reliability
- Computer literacy
- High level of attention to detail
- Stress tolerance
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Polite helpful manner
- Ability to work on own and use initiative
For more information on this role, please contact [email protected]