legal secretary Stockton-on-Tees, England
Job description
Eventus Legal are seeking a Legal Secretary to join a highly successful firm in Stockton on Tees. This is a fantastic opportunity within the firms Commercial Property department. This is a permanent, office-based position. The firm offers fantastic benefits, which includes a generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, free on-site parking, a reduced rate on legal fees and further staff discount schemes.
Role Responsibilities
The incoming Legal Secretary will be joining the Commercial Property team.
You will be supporting the Commercial Property Fee Earners with regards to administration and will be responsible for the following duties:
- Providing administrative support to one or more solicitors
- Dealing with both Commercial and Residential matters
- Answering the telephone in a polite and efficient manner
- Diary management, arranging appointments and dealing with the clients
- Inputting data onto the client case management system
- Audio and copy typing correspondence, including letters, legal forms and quotes
- Filing and ensuring they are kept up to date
- Handling incoming and outgoing post
- Other general administrative duties such as photocopying, assisting with secretarial and telephone cover and handling all the confidential information discreetly
Person specification
Applications are sought from legal professionals who have Commercial or Residential Property experience. However we would still encourage you to apply if you are an experienced Legal Secretary keen to work within a commercial property team. The successful Legal Secretary will possess the following skills:
- Strong communicator with a friendly and outgoing manner both over the phone and in person
- Organised with excellent time management
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage a busy workload with minimal supervision
- Team player
- Keen attention to detail
- Client focused with demonstrable client care skills
- Excellent technical skills and fast accurate typing
Benefits and Rewards
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Commercial Property Legal Secretary to join an excellent law firm. They offer competitive benefits including:
- Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays (rises with service)
- Free on-site parking
- Pension Scheme
- Reduced rate on Legal fees
- Death in Service
- Networking events
- Free eye tests
- Further staff discounts
About the Company
This is a chance to join a highly successful law firm, with a client base tracking back decades. The firm is growing and has one of the strongest names in commercial property in the region, having won many awards over the past years. They support their employees with their personal development goals and many people have forged long lasting careers with this firm which is evident with their staff retention
Next Steps
If you are interested in learning more about this Commercial Property Legal Secretary role, please send your CV to Elle Clarke at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email [email protected] contact 07376 277 163 for a confidential discussion.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me using the details above for a confidential discussion about your career.
The Eventus Recruitment Group are award-winning recruitment specialists operating in the Legal, HR, Finance and Accountancy sectors across the UK. Please note that the years’ experience and / or salary listed in our advertisements are a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Our privacy policy can be found on the bottom of our website
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stockton-on-Tees: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 2611
