Legal PA Newcastle upon Tyne 

The successful candidate will act as PA to a busy Fee Earner/Partner within a Commercial Property Team so the candidate must have expeience working in this area of Law. 

Main Responsibilities:-

 

Assisting the commercial property team in their daily tasks, including file and document management, diary management, and preparing and drafting legal documents.

 

Liaising with clients and external parties to coordinate meetings, appointments, and other matters.

 

Maintaining accurate records and databases, ensuring that all documentation is filed correctly.

 

Conducting legal research and compiling information as required.

 

Assisting with billing and financial administration tasks, including invoicing and managing expenses.

Commercial Property Legal Secretary Newcastle Upon Tyne 26K-28k

Looking to recruit a highly experienced Commercial Property Secretary the successful candidate will have a history of providing secretarial support in one of the largest Commercial firms

• Must have excellent secretarial/PA and IT skills
• Must be accustomed to dealing directly with clients and third parties and enjoy working in an often very busy environment for a senior fee earner. 
• The role will include offering full secretarial support, arranging appointments, dealing with client queries, and preparing correspondence and documents by audio typing via the digitall dictation system.

  Furthermore you will be continually ensuring that all Partner’s diaries and notes are maintained effectively, reporting these as necessary, whilst also liaising regularly with the Partner regarding client files, taking any action required.

Family Legal Secretary Newcastle Upon Tyne 

Main Responsibilities:-

Responsibilities:-

• Processing expenses
• Managing Board/Resolution commitments, meetings, away days etc
• Inbox management
• Supporting bundling – indices, front sheets etc
• Liaising with Journalists, taking details messages including deadlines
• Assisting with billing and producing bill letters
• Filing and archiving
• Extensive diary management, booking internal and external meetings, watching out for any clashes
• Liaising with the Post Room and Reprographics department
• Typing
• Providing full administrative and secretarial support and assistance
• Word processing including preparing correspondence via email and letter and court documents
• Using MS Office suite (Word, Excel and Outlook) and case management system
• To prepare the Conference Room for meetings as necessary and for the tidying and clearance of the room at the end of the meeting;
• To prepare mail and enclosures.

Key Requirements:-

Requirements:

• Experience of providing a polished secretarial service and administrative support to an extremely busy team of allocated fee earners;
• Provide assistance to partners and fee earners during the absence of other secretaries in the team, as and when required
• Confident at building excellent external and internal relationships, including with clients, business contacts and the wider partnership;
• A sense of pride in the role of being a personal assistant and a desire to add value
• Excellent and pleasant communication skills together with emotional intelligence

Employment & Lititagtion Solicitor Newcastle Upon Tyne  Leading North East Law Firnm looking to recuit an experienced Legal Secreyary to work in a busy Employment & Litigation Department.  MAIN DUTIES AND REPSONSIBILITIES: Opening and closing files; Proactive file management; Audio and copy typing fee earners’ correspondence; Managing fee earners’ diaries Interacting with clients and third-parties Preparing bundles, draft Orders and other Court/Tribunal correspondence Client due diligence Debt recovery Time recording for fee earners Email mailbox management for fee earners including saving emails to CMS Photocopying, emailing, posting and general administration to support the team and the firm as a whole by covering for absence of other secretaries Project management COMPETENCES: Excellent attention to detail Excellent diary management skills Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Strong IT skills including use of Microsoft Office and CMS Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and use initiative Exceptional interpersonal skills to manage relationships with clients and external connections as well as colleagues internally.

Private Client Paralegal Newcastle Upon Tyne

Leading North East Law firm are looking ro recruit a Private Client Paralegal the successful candidate will be someone able to take instructions, draft documents, take a simple probate forward, someone who wants to take that experience and ability move on a bit with it. The role will be working directly with and for one of our senior private client solicitors, enabling the fee earner to concentrate more on the complex matters.  

The Main Responsibilities for this role will include:-

• To provide senior members of the department with support and assistance as necessary
• To provide legal advice, assistance and representation to clients primarily in all areas of Private Client work including Probate, Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, subject to appropriate training, including
• Assisting fee earner(s) to process legal work – attending client meetings, completing file notes, file opening, initial client compliance checks, preparation of client care letters and draft wills, completion of Lasting Powers of Attorney and general administration
• Administration of probate work – co-ordinating collection of assets/identifying liabilities, preparation of oaths and applications for grants.
• Dealing with client enquiries in person and by telephone and email, making appointments, updating clients and co-ordinating fee earners diary, costs updates and dealing with aged debts To meet with clients and take initial instructions on straight forward matters To comply with the Firm’s and Department’s policies and procedures

Excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to grow and devleop their career.