Legal Secretary

The Eventus Recruitment Group are seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to join a successful Dispute Resolution and Employment team in Newcastle. This is a full-time, permanent. Benefits are numerous and include a generous holiday allowance rising with service, healthcare package a dress for the day policy.

Role Responsibilities

The successful Legal Secretary will be joining a busy Dispute Resolution and Employment team, providing secretarial support to the team. Other duties include:

• Dealing with all related correspondence and documentation utilising Liberate case management system
• Audio typing as required; formatting, cross referencing, auto numbering documents
• Production of letters, emails, documents, invoices and other legal documentation
• File/Matter management in Liberate including file opening, drafting engagement letters, terms of business, undertaking file closure,
• Adding scanned items to Liberate
• File management
• Proofreading all correspondence and business material before it leaves the office
• Assisting with billing preparation and invoicing
• Answering clients calls regarding new enquiries for the Dispute Resolution and Employment team
• Booking meetings, training courses and arranging travel when required

Person Specification

The incoming Legal Secretary will be a experienced in a similar role and a motivated team player with the ability to work independently and always provide excellent levels of customer service. The Legal Secretary will also:

• Be an accurate typist, ideally a minimum speed of around 65wpm
• Have experience working in a team of busy fee earners
• Have exceptional communication skills with accurate spelling and grammar
• Be highly organised with the ability to successfully multi-task and prioritise workload, manage own time effectively and take ownership of projects and tasks
• Be proficient in Word and Excel
• Ideally be experienced in pdf document collation of bundles for court hearings

Benefits and Rewards

Alongside a generous salary, benchmarked annually, the successful Legal Secretary will be rewarded with the following:

• 25 days holiday allowance, plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years' service
• Healthcare package to include dental, optical, physiotherapy and reflexology (level of cover increasing after 5 years of service)
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Death in service cover
• Free Legal services after 1 years' service
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
• Dress for the day policy
• Employee social events

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.