Private Client Legal Secretary - Full Time - Nuneaton

Nuneaton with free onsite parking

up to £26,000 per annum

This is a very well-established law practice, who have steadily grew their office network, including two acquisitions over the past four years giving them a great regional presence and a massively increased volume of business in the area of private client/wills and probate.

Their Private Client team is spread across a number of locations, led by a senior solicitor and Director with over 20 years experience, who handles complex, high value cases and is recognised in the Legal 500 as a recommended lawyer.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing secretarial and administrative support to the Private Client Department, supporting a number of Private Client fee earners
• Audio and copy typing of correspondence and legal documents
• Dealing with wills, powers of attorney and estate administration
• Handling of and dealing with client calls
• Seeing clients in Reception
• Making appointments for clients
• Conducting conflict checks on new clients
• Locating files ahead of appointments
• Maintaining filing systems
• Providing occasional reception cover
• Preparing accurate invoices and cost scheduling for clients on a monthly basis

Suitable candidates will have:

• Excellent keyboard skills
• Experience of using a legal case management system
• A minimum of 12 months' legal secretarial experience, supporting a Private Client Department, dealing with wills, powers of attorney and estate administration

This is a full-time permanent jobworking 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (35 hours per week).

Benefits include:

• Annual salary reviews
• 23 days holiday (increasing to 27), plus 8 days bank holidays
• 2 days additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
• Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
• Holiday buy and sell scheme. Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
• BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
• Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
• Long service awards
• Career development and regular performance reviews
• Technical and personal skills training
• Community and fundraising events
• Full induction programme
• Virtual GP
• Funeral Planning and support
• Group Life Employee Assistance Programme
• Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service

Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be wholly dependent on experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge

Salary: £26000/annum

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Nuneaton