Family Legal Secretary

Family Legal Secretary Newcastle Upon Tyne

Main 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:-

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