Floating Legal Secretary

Floating legal Secretary
Based Pontefract
Salary £14500

My client a family friendly firm who have a well established customer base and an excellent reputation are looking for a float secretary to work out of several local office as and when required.
If you enjoy the flexibility and diversity of working for and with a variety of departments then this could be the ideal role for you.

M ain responsibilities
To prepare correspondence and documents for fee-earners through audio-typing and word processing.
To administer filing (which will include daily filing) and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files.
To prepare mail and enclosures for collections.
To make appointments, arrange meetings and to maintain an up-to-date diary for his/her Principal if required to do so.
To check own work to minimise errors and avoid corrections by fee-earners.
To provide support to other secretaries as required.
To provide guidance to junior and temporary secretaries when required to do so.
To attend clients both in person and on the telephone when required to do so and to provide such support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care.
Ensure and adequate supply of stationery, office consumables etc
Any ad hoc task as required by his or her Principal
Liaison with the HR Manager regarding the booking of holidays etc
To support the administration department for times when not booked out to cover secretarial absences
Reception Cover

Skills & Experience:
To apply you should have the required qualifications, skills and experience:
Trained in secretarial practice.
Excellent word-processing and audio-typing skills.

Preferably previous experience as a legal secretary or experience of working in an alternative professional office.
4 GCSEs at Grade “C”, or the equivalent qualification
Good organisational ability and client care skills

Salary £14500 plus fuel allowance and expenses plus additional company benefits.

Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.

(Jo Holdsworth Recruitment – Recruitment Agency)