Family Law Legal Secretary

B4, Digbeth, City and Borough of Birmingham

£25000 - £30000/annum

My client is a multi-service law firm committed to access to justice, their lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties, and human rights. They are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm, and we are currently recruiting a Legal Secretary to join our Family & Childcare Team in our Birmingham Office. This is a full time position within a dynamic and growing team, offering an excellent opportunity for professional development within an award-winning law firm.

Your Profile

You will preferably:

Have some experience working as a legal secretary or similar with a pretence for experience in family & childcare law.
Be able aim to demonstrate an interest in Family law.
Have strong organisational skills.
Have the ability to work under pressure.
Fast and accurate typing skills and spelling.
Clear and precise written and verbal communication skills.

We would like the ideal candidate:

To type from digital dictation, or otherwise including copy typing.
To do such electronic filing as may be required from time to time.
To deal with telephone calls whether incoming or outgoing from clients, Counsel, experts and other third parties.
To keep appointment diaries for any Fee Earner or any Senior Member of the team.
To deal with clients and others visiting the office as may be appropriate.
To ensure compliance with all office procedures as laid down in the Practice Manual including any variations or amendments.
To deal with CCMS legal aid matters / applications.
To action any fee notes and/or matters pertaining to experts’ invoices.
Any other such matters as required.

They offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team, within a friendly team, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently. They offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 23 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year). We review annual leave and increase with service.

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