Legal Secretary - Family Department

Vacancy Description: Legal Secretary – Family Department

Location: Atherton Office

Hours: +.00 am to 5.00 pm - Monday to Friday (1 Hour Lunch)

Salary: Negotiable depending upon experience.

We have a vacancy for a Legal Secretary to work in our Family Department at our Atherton Office.

Ongoing training, guidance and support from the team is provided.

Job role

Duties

Working within a busy office with a friendly team of people, you will be expected to carry out the following duties:
• Providing full secretarial assistance to a solicitor
• Some audio typing but ability to work under instruction an advantage
• Arranging appointments and meetings
• Telephone contact with clients and outside agencies
• Diary management
• Database work

Skills Required
• Experience in family law at secretarial level
• Excellent typing ability
• Excellent IT skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail (accuracy essential)
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work well within a team
• Friendly and professional manner

Firm Details

The traditions and values, which first established Russell Russell as an early pioneer of legal services continues to serve us well today. We still provide friendly, professional advice in the manner a traditional high street law firm would, but this is now blended with a 21st Century approach. We are Lexcel, CQS, WIQS accredited.

The practice has 200 people and has grown organically to incorporate nine offices stretching across the North West; two in Bolton and one in Atherton, Bury, Chester, Farnworth, Horwich, Middleton and Westhoughton. Although we pride ourselves on being a regional firm, a number of our departments service clients throughout England and Wales.

The firm holds a number of industry related accreditations across all its service areas, in particular the Lexcel Practice Management Standard.

Web Site: http://www.russellrussell.co.uk

What We Offer
• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Attendance bonus
• Workplace nursery scheme
• 25 days a year plus bank holidays and an accrual system after 2 years
• Birthday holiday
• Northern Rail discount scheme
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Referral schemes (PI, Conveyancing, Family Wills/Probate)
• Discounted Services (Conveyancing, Family Wills)
• Staff Introduction Scheme (Refer a success applicant and get £500)
• Monthly Raffle Draw – 1st, 2nd 3rd prizes
• Dress down once a month (linked to a chosen charity)
• Annual Christmas Party Events
• Charity fundraisers

Training Development
• Training and development opportunities
• Internal workshops
• Compliance webinars

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