Wills & Probate Legal Secretary

Wills Trusts & Probate Legal Secretary Durham Permanent Role with Competitive Salary 

Leading North East Law Firm are looking to appoint an experienced Legal Secretary to join their busy firm supporting the Wills & Probate Fee Earner. 

The Main Responsibilities of this role will include:-

• Supporting and assisting the WTP fee earners as far as is possible.
• Responsible for audio and copy typing for WTP as well as processing all claims for client related expenses (obtain from fee earners on a regular basis) and personal expenses for members of the WTP team.
• Overseeing & organising client appointments and arranging meeting rooms.
• All general administration of all WTP files and maintain awareness of files so as to be able to take messages and update clients on the telephone as required.
• General firm administration is part of the role and involves preparing and posting chitties, maintaining internal registers or storage of deeds and document

The successful candidate will ideally have;-

• Preferably 2 to 3 years’ experience in a legal secretarial role.
• You will need to undertake duties professionally, with utmost skill and care, always putting clients first.
• Ensuring that the firms procedures are always adhered to and followed, respecting client confidentiality at all times.
• You will need to be a well motivated individual and demonstrate initiative.
• You will need to be an excellent communicator in how you work with both clients and colleagues.
• Previous experience working within a Wills, Trust & Probate team would be ideal.
• To have the confidence to inform the team leader of any serious problems you could encounter with client files.
• You will need to be willing to attend and complete any relevant training as required.