Legal PA

Job title:

Legal PA

Company

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment

Job description

Blackpool – £24,000 – £30,000 Legal PA
Blackpool – Hybrid
£24,000 – £30,000A fantastic, high street established Blackpool firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive team on a full time basis. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Float 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 Blackpool.Duties and responsibilities of the Legal PA:

• Provide high level support to the Managing Partner
• and their team in all different departments
• Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements
• Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as audio typing
• 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
• Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
• Any ad-hoc secretarial duties

Skills Required:

• Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary / Personal Assistant
• 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

The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Blackpool, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to rio@douglas-scott.co.uk

Expected salary

£24000 – 30000 per year

Location

Blackpool

Job date

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 22:10:58 GMT

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