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Legal Secretary

Private Client

Oxford

Commensurate with experience

We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join my highly regarded Private Client team in Oxford. The role will be to provide full secretarial and administrative support to a fee earner and the wider team. Whilst the role is suitably challenging, no previous legal experience is necessary; although it may be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Audio typing standard and non-standard letters
• Producing correspondence, forms and documents
• Attending clients over the phone and in person to respond to enquiries
• Arranging meetings and other appointments.
• Opening new files, filing, photocopying, cheque requests, closing, storage and retrieval of files
• Running monthly bills and diarising payments
• Attending team meetings Knowledge and Experience
• Previous secretarial experience desirable
• Previous legal experience desirable
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant IT platforms essential
• Experience on case management systems desirable

Key attributes

• Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise
• Ability to work quickly, accurately, to deadlines and under pressure
• Willingness to rise to the challenge of working in a complex legal area
• Confident with communicating at all levels, both verbally and in writing
• A good understanding of client relationship management
• A friendly approachable personality to facilitate the link between lawyers, clients and third parties • Good attention to detail
• Professional, personal presentation

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CV TO TANYA BROWN AT BROWNS RECRUITMENT GROUP AS DIRECTED.