Legal Secretary - Private Client

Job Title: Legal Secretary – Private Client
Job reference: SPC/277600
Job description: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Secretary to join an award winning, L500 firm in Greater Manchester on a full time basis.
The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic Private Client department, working as part of a team with a fee earner/secretary ratio in excess of 2:1, as well as assisting colleagues and other departments as necessary.

Main aspects of the role:

• Opening and closing files as required by fee earners, ensuring documentation is authorised and fees have been paid
• Completion of basic company secretarial tasks such as completion of company house forms, share certificates, etc
• Scheduling appointments, booking conference rooms and maintaining key dates in diaries
• Creating and storing documents on the computer system in the preferred way of the Department
• Handling client queries by telephone, and meeting and greeting clients in reception in a professional manner
• Scanning, photocopying and faxing
• Accurately amending large documents in redline/overstrike (track changes), using automatic formatting.
• Carrying out company searches online
• Assisting in the Maintenance of the firm's database and related identification of corporate clients and directors and individuals for money laundering purposes

Requirements:

• Previous Private Client experience
• Maintain high standard of spelling, grammar on all correspondence
• Work to a high level of professionalism and maintain a helpful attitude when dealing with client calls
• Effectively operate appropriate IT systems in relation to document production, electronic client matter files, e-mail, fee-earner calendars and fax distribution
• Manage effective working relationships with other secretarial staff and fee-earners within and external to your own department

Salary: £21,000 - £22,000

Benefits: 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, death in service which pays 3x annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, Bupa Healthcare Cashplan and a company pension scheme

To discuss this role in more detail please contact Sophie Curran on scurran@venngroup.com or 0113 234 6400

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.