Family Legal Secretary Maternity Contract

Polkadotfrog; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

The role.

A 9-12 month opportunity for a Legal Secretary to join a small team who really care about their clients and always go that extra mile. You will principally work one-to-one with an experienced and specialist family lawyer, providing her with secretarial and administrative support to enable her to work effectively and efficiently.

Key duties include:

1. Preparing correspondence and legal documents from digital dictation to a very high standard of accuracy.
2. Answering calls, taking messages, and helping visitors in person.
3. Maintaining diaries and arranging appointments.
4. File management.

Why you should apply:
This is a full-time role, fully office-based for the first 2 months, then hybrid thereafter. As this is a maternity cover, the role is likely to last 9-12 months, or of course, may become permanent depending on the current employee's decisions.

What we're looking for:
You will need a professional, polite, and enthusiastic approach. Ideally, you will have 3 years of legal secretarial and audio typing experience. You will be highly organized and have the ability to multitask and be competent within Microsoft Office packages.

At Polkadotfrog Recruitment, we do our very best to ensure both client and candidate satisfaction. If you require any reasonable adjustments such as access or information in an alternative format, please inform us as soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments.

Our team of Specialist Consultants have the skills, experience, and passion to deliver a professional, personal, and quality service. Our mission is to build long-term relationships and help clients and candidates find the perfect match.

Whilst we would love to get back to every applicant, it is not always possible, so if you haven't heard from us within 5 days, please note that your application has not been successful on this occasion.