Legal Secretary - Personal Injury

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Legal Secretary to join my clients highly regarded firm in their Skipton offices.

Role Overview:

The successful candidate will ideally have experience in a similar role assisting with secretarial support on PI matters. They will have a helpful manner, strong organisational skills and will enjoy working under pressure, meeting deadlines and maintaining high levels of accuracy while doing so. The ability to deliver a friendly, professional, quality service in all dealings with clients and other parties is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reception duties.
• Audio and some copy typing to fee earners specification.
• Producing documents from the Case Management system.
• Management of the files under the fee earner s direction from opening files to preparing them for archiving.
• Liaising with clients and other parties on behalf of fee earners and dealing with enquiries as appropriate.
• Liaising with the Accounts department to produce cheques, pay disbursements etc.
• Filing, photocopying, collating of documents and other clerical duties.
• Maintaining diaries and making appointments when required.
• Checking Legal Aid payments and distribution thereof.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe and healthy working environment.
• Contribute to maintaining and improving office procedures.
• Any other duties which from time to time are required by the firm.

The Candidate:

• Good keyboard skills -typing skills of 55 wpm.
• Excelled telephone skills confident, clear and professional.
• Literate and numerate.
• Ability to work accurately in accordance with the requirements of the team.
• Ability to deal with enquiries in a professional, friendly and effective manner.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Being prepared work as a member of a team
• Previous secretary experience within personal injury (highly desirable).
• Case Management System experience (highly desirable).

Should you have any questions or wish to apply please do not hesitate to contact Clear Legal and Financial Recruitment

Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.