Departmental Secretary

Taylor Walton is a well-established and highly regarded regional law firm with offices located in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. We provide legal advice and solutions to business owners, FTSE 350 companies, public and private sector organisations, charities and high-net worth individuals.

We organise our legal services by expertise, Commercial Property, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Employment, Residential Conveyancing, Family and Private Client. Clients may well be supported through their business and private life experiences by a number of our practice areas with many clients engaging our services for many years.

Our reputable success is attributed to the calibre of our people. In the same way that we are committed to provide exceptional quality legal services to our clients, we are committed to fostering an engaging and supportive environment in which to work and develop a rewarding career. We are very proud of our exceptionally high staff retention rate and an average length of service unrivalled within our region.

The department

Our Private Client Team is Chambers rated and ranked Tier 1 in Legal 500 (in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex Region) with our Department Head, Alex Drake and fellow Partners Alison Voyce and Steven Hamilton recognised for their specialist expertise. We advise business owners and high-net worth individuals often over generations on both local and multi-jurisdictional matters relating to wills, estate planning, probate, trusts, powers of attorney and tax planning strategies.

All partners in the team have a substantial personal following and are members of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). The team was named ‘Legal Team of the Year 2019’ by the Hertfordshire Law Society and recognised in The Times – Best Law Firms in the same year.

About the role

We are pleased to offer the opportunity for an experienced Private Client secretary to join our established Private Client team in our Harpenden office.

The successful applicant will join a team of Departmental Secretaries who provide full secretarial and administrative support busy group of Partners and Solicitor fee earners. Responsibilities include Will and Lasting Power of Attorney preparation largely utilising precedent documentation, correspondence to clients and third parties and supportive administration in relation to probate estates.

The role is predominentlyaudio transcription and document production. However, there will be plently of occasions to interact with clients and third parties over the phone - experience in this area of legal practice is required as is a professional, empathetic and clear telephone manner.

Other information

The role requires:

• an experienced legal secretary - experience in Private Client is required
• experience of audio transcription
• good computer literacy including Word, Excel, HMRC tax portal
• fast and accurate touch typing - minimum 50wpm
• a natural sense of urgency and able to work under pressure
• utmost discretion and confidentiality

What we can offer you:

• 33 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Group Life Assurance cover immediately on joining
• Firm pension contribuion and opportunity to make contributions via salary exchange
• Cycle to Work scheme
• full induction and training programme with modern IT systems
• on-going access to in-house IT training
• an inclusive, supportive, friendly and professional working environment
• social events and internal interest/sports clubs
• employee-led active CSR programme
• Paid Volunteer Time for all staff
• free Will writing
• free Conveyancing
• Thank you vouchers at Christmas

Wellbeing related benefits

• Wellbeing Hub - an app full of fantastic resources spporting physcial, mental and financial wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bereavement and related support resources24hr access to virtual GP services
• Counselling services
• Financial education resources including pension information webinars

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