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Conveyancing Legal Secretary
Posted 5 hours 49 minutes ago by Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Permanent
Not Specified
Secretarial & PA Jobs
Lancashire, Manchester, United Kingdom, M21 0
Job Description
Legal Secretary - Conveyancing Manchester£25,000 - £30,000A fantastic, top high street established Manchester firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Conveyancing team.Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Fee Earners and Partners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Manchester. The role offers an enviable hybrid working option.Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Conveyancing :
- Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Conveyancing department
- Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
- Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
- Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
- Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
- Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
- Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
- Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task's status
- Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
- Collaborates with team members on team processes, procedures and solutions - ensuring more junior members of the team understand and adhere to these
- Actively participates in team meetings
- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary - Conveyancing experience is essential
- At least 3 years solid experience
- Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
- Exemplary document management and filing
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
- Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
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