Float Legal Secretary

Hours: Full time 36.25 hours per week, Permanent

Location: Wimborne

My client is looking for a Float Legal Secretary to provide support across multiple practice areas in Wimborne.

Duties will include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for the department with people from inside and
• outside the firm.
• Screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them where appropriate
• Monitoring voicemails and taking any telephone messages in the Fee Earners’ absence
• Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments.
• Dealing with Free Consultation enquiries, collecting information and arranging
• appointments
• Dealing with correspondence and writing letters on behalf of the Fee Earners.
• Organising and prepping Fee Earners for any meetings and providing refreshments
• where required.
• Dealing with incoming emails, faxes and post, and recording these on Visual Files.
• Producing any documents, reports, correspondence etc as required, dictated or
• otherwise
• Producing invoices and reporting billed figures to the Fee Earners
• Ensuring client files are kept up to date with proper use of the Case Management System

Skills and experience required:

• Previous experience working as a Legal Secretary

• Strong IT skills

• Excellent organisational skills

• Fast accurate typing

• First class communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels

• Focuses on detail, methodical, organised, systematic

• Ability to prioritise workload and deal with any interruptions.