Legal Secretary – Commercial Litigation

Due to company expansion, Sue Ross Legal are recruiting for a professional, experienced Legal Secretary on behalf of our client, an independent, niche law firm based in Sheffield specialising in commercial litigation and corporate/commercial law.

This firm offers an excellent salary and holidays, a discretionary annual bonus, free parking and some flexibility with regard to working hours.

The ideal candidate will have worked at a large or medium sized firm, and be from a Commercial Litigation background, however they will also consider secretaries who have worked within Contentious Probate or Insolvency and who have experience and knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules. You should have excellent typing speeds and have used a digital dictation system.

Duties within this role will include amongst others:

• Producing general correspondence, witness statements and legal documents using digital dictation systems
• Preparing court forms
• Preparing and indexing bundles of documents
• Diary management
• Preparing bills to clients
• Maintaining filing systems
• Answering and screening incoming calls
• Dealing with general client queries

For more information about the above vacancy or for a confidential chat about our other vacancies throughout Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, the North West and the North East, please send your details to us and one of our dedicated legal consultants will contact you.

Unfortunately due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback to all applicants. Please assume that if you do not hear from us within 72 hours that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

May we take this opportunity to thank you for expressing an interest in one of our roles and wish you the very best in your search for employment.