legal secretary Manchester, England
Job description
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is our core business.
We are currently ranked 93 in the Top 200 UK Law firms and are a Legal 500 Recognised Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. We have a 5-star ranking with Trust Pilot from over 4,500 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us.
The Role
You will be working in a pool of legal secretaries assisting a number of Fee Earners. The job is varied with not just typing and file management, but preparing bundles, taking and making calls to clients, arranging meetings & conferences. We are heading towards being a paperless office but there still will be some filing.
- Our big must, is that you have legal secretary experience? Don’t worry if its not in PI we can offer training to get you up to speed.
- Of course you will have the basic secretarial skills, excellent gramma & spelling, fantastic audio typing skills and an eye for detail.
- From an IT perspective you will have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office packages. If you have knowledge of the Proclaim case management system and digital dictation experience that’s a big plus. We do have an internal IT trainer so if you don’t we can support you while you learn
Salary, Hours & Benefits
- Salary - dependent on experience.
- Working Hours -8:30am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday. We can offer some flexibility here.
- Hybrid Working - 3/2 alternative working from home pattern staff after probation
- Holidays - 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days (3 days reserved for Christmas closure of the office) PLUS a day off for your birthday after 2 years’ service
- Benefits - Lots of other benefits like holiday buyback, death in service, free fruit, Employee Assistant Programme, paid for social events, and annual flu jabs.
Recruitment Process
Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams.
We rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
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