Legal Secretary - Plot Sales & Purchases
Spalding
Full time/Permanent
Salary up to £26,000 depending on skill set and experience

Prescient Group is partnered with a highly prestigious, professional top 150 national law firm with five strategically located offices across the Midlands and East Anglia.

They adopt a one-team ethos across all offices and pride themselves on building longstanding relationships with clients

You will join a welcoming, professional team who work collaboratively as one.

As the successful candidate, you will join other agricultural law specialists who are regarded as being among the best in their field. You will have empathy with the challenges faced by farm businesses and estates as they try to grow their businesses.

Reporting to the Partner/Lead Partner

Main Responsibilities

Provide the team with typing, secretarial and administrative support.

Assist with digital dictation and administrative support across the company in line with the Company’s workflow ethic.

Transcribe and prepare all correspondence and documents through audiotyping and word processing, using Company precedents where appropriate.

Operate case management system including storing documents electronically - organising and attaching to relevant matters.

Familiarity with all relevant computer packages including, but not limited to: PDF Docs, document conversion and tracked changes.

Deal with administrative routines as required to include scanning, faxing printing and photocopying.

Be involved in the efficient management of client/matter files to include general filing in a timely and accurate manner together with file opening, preparation of client care letters and terms and conditions, file closure and archiving.

Understand how to use the strong room including searching for and retrieving documents and procedures for sending out original documents:

Make appointments, arrange meetings, and maintain manager/fee earners diary as required including providing refreshments if necessary.

Monitoring compliance and Lexcel requirements.

Skills Required

Experience as a legal secretary/secretary, including the use of a digital dictation tool.

Computer literacy, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

A typing speed of at least 65 wpm/90% accuracy.

Excellent attention to detail, including spelling and punctuation.

An ability to communicate effectively at all levels, to remain calm and respond well in pressurised situations.

An ability to organise own work effectively and plan well to meet required deadlines.

This role will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standards, Counter Terrorist Check and Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.
Contact: Emma or Charlotte at Prescient Group

• Due to the nature of the business, the successful candidate will need to undertake full Safeguarding vetting and an enhanced DBS check*
  If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.
  The Prescient Group will be managing your application by the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, we will contact you and manage your personal data in accordance with the guidelines of GDPR.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person