Legal Secretary (Private Client)

Legal secretary (Private Client) job vacancy in Sheffield

Legal secretary

We are looking for a legal secretary to join our Private Client team based at our Sheffield office. You should be a personable, professional and friendly individual.

This role will report to the Head of Department and Solicitors. This is a fully office-based role, working 16-21 hours per week including Monday. The remainder of hours can be spread flexibly across the week on a set rota.

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Part-time

Sheffield

30/04/2023

Location

47 Bank Street, The Synergy Building, Belgrave House, Sheffield, S1 2DR

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About us

Lupton Fawcett LLP is a well-established law firm with offices in Leeds, Sheffield and York.

We seek a legal secretary to join our Private Client team at our Sheffield office.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be required to do the following:

Providing a full and effective secretarial support for the department as per the Legal Secretary job description (please see below):

Working with team members to assist in handling, state administration matters, Wills, Powers of Attorney, Trusts and Court of Protection work;

Assisting with residential matters, such as estate property sales, and obtaining office copies;

Copy typing and digital dictation to prepare general correspondence and composing of letters;

Managing and administering a high volume of incoming and outgoing post and email correspondence;

Managing incoming and outgoing post/faces for the department, including urgent hand delivers (if required);

Answering a high volume of telephone calls and taking messages, subsequently arranging appointments on behalf of senior members of the team.

A full copy of the job description is available to applicants upon request.

Secretarial Duties

You will be required to do the following:

Producing all of the department’s documents and correspondence not otherwise produced by the Document Production department;

Proof reading and checking of final documents as authorised by Solicitors, preparing and collating all necessary attachments prior to dispatch;

Provision of quality control and service feedback to the Document Production Team;

Liaising with the Document Production Team as necessary to ensure that all documents are produced within the required deadlines;

Liaising with the Administration hub;

Liaising with Solicitors and/or clients to efficiently complete the file opening process;

Acting as a point of contact in the absence of an executive liaising with clients, other professionals and colleagues on their behalf.

A full copy of the legal secretary job description is available to applicants upon request.

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