Legal Secretary - J2555 - Taunton
- Recruiter
- Plexus Legal LLP
- Location
- Taunton, Somerset
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 23 Sep 2019
- Closes
- 21 Oct 2019
- Ref
- J2555
- Job Title
- Legal Secretary
- Practice Area
- Insurance, Litigation
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A great opportunity for an experienced legal secretary to join a leading insurance litigation firm at a really exciting time in our development. You must have a professional attitude, excellent communication skills and take pride in your accuracy. You will provide administrative support to Partners and senior fee earners, developing an understanding of their role to pro-actively offer support to enable them to work as efficiently as possible.
Plexus Law is a Specialist Defendant Insurance Practice with offices throughout the UK. The firm works with insurance companies, corporate and public sector clients and the Lloyd’s market.
We develop carefully tailored packages to meet specific needs stretching from a traditional relationship to the provision of bespoke in-house services. We have a reputation for responding innovatively to client needs, utilising the experience of its staff, emphasising the highest quality and focusing on managing costs in all cases.
Main Duties
Dealing with email correspondence; Handling telephone calls (both internally and externally), including include chasing experts, and witnesses Travel booking; Diary management, including meeting bookings and Court dates/counsel; Gathering, recording and analysing of client MI; Administering the Case Management system and other office systems; Responsible for financial transactions such as cheque requests, cheque cancellations and dealing with expenses submissions for approval; Liaising with the Finance team to field queries/work in progress write offs/time narrative, credit control, liaison with Compliance and Audit teams and liaison with the Central Inception team; Carrying out typing work when required to do so – ideally with speeds of 65wpm+
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and understanding of basic office procedures and terminology; Be able to complete routine and non-routine tasks in an office environment; Be able to plan and organise both familiar and new tasks; Be able to use a problem-solving approach to respond appropriately to a wide range of enquiries; Can produce and respond to detailed written and oral communication in an office setting; Can use standard applications to process, obtain and combine information; Be able to work using own initiative or with others on tasks with minimum supervision; Show an awareness of others’ roles, responsibilities and requirements when carrying out your work.
Qualifications required
Essential:
Typing skills – 65 wpm Telephone call handling experience GCSE/O Level – English Language and Mathematics (A-C) Experience within a law firm Administrative environment (1 year) Excellent standard of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Desirable:
Case management experience
Equal Opportunities
Plexus is committed to providing a non-discriminatory and harassment free working environment for all our employees. All our offers are subject to satisfactory DBS checks, credit check and professional/personal referee checks.