Legal Secretary

About Our Client

The client is a reputable and established Law Firm based in Birmingham City Centre looking for a Legal Secretary with administration skills and strong experience in dictation typing.

Job Description

• Provide full secretarial support to fee earners, including diary management, document preparation, and client liaison.
• Dictation typing and preparing correspondence, documents, and forms.
• Assist in the administration of wills, probate, and trusts, ensuring compliance with legal processes.
• Manage correspondence, filing, and maintaining client records.
• Handle telephone and email inquiries from clients and external parties.

The Successful Applicant

• Proven 1-2 years' experience as a Legal Secretary or Secretary with dictation typing experience
• Excellent typing skills, able to quickly and accurately process legal documents, including correspondence and bills, from manuscript or digital dictation, with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize a busy workload.
• Experience of Tikit (or similar case management system) and BigHand dictation would be advantageous but not essential.
• Good telephone manner; able to take messages from new and existing clients on the telephone with accuracy and pass on in a timely manner.
• Excellent IT skills with the ability to pick up new systems quickly.
• Displays a can-do, positive attitude to work, and a high degree of self-management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a professional telephone manner.
• A keen eye for detail and a high level of accuracy in all work.
• Ability to work well as part of a team and independently.

What's on Offer

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home