Private Client Legal Secretary

Our client is a recognised full-service law firm based in Thame. The practice is seeking to appoint an experienced Legal Secretary to support the Private Client team. 

The current team consists of two experienced Private Client, Wills & Probate fee earners. 

The department deals with an array of matters, including for high-net-worth individuals, with the drafting of complex and simple wills and tax planning and its related advice, lasting powers of attorney and court of protection work, to include the administration of estates and trusts. 

The role will involve general administration work to ensure the team operates smoothly and efficiently.

You will ideally have the following skills:

• Dictation/audio typing
• Completing simple Lasting Powers of Attorney documents
• Administration tasks:  diary management/emails/document management
• Very proficient in Word
• Some basic accounting administration, invoicing using templates
• Excel spreadsheets and formulas
• PowerPoint expertise (would be an advantage)

Ideally, you will have a commercial legal background and excellent secretarial and administrative skills, to include a good knowledge of using Excel. You must be accurate, well organised, approachable, confidential and flexible, with a typing speed of 70 WPM. 

To apply with your CV, please get in touch with Gayle Woolf.