Legal Assistant/Secretary – Private Client

Location: Whitefield

Salary: Up to £24k

Hours: 9:00am – 5:15pm Monday – Friday (office based)

Our successful U.K established legal client are currently looking for an experienced Legal Assistant/Secretary to work within their Private Client department at their Whitefield/North Manchester office. 

Responsibilities include:

*Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors and other involved parties
*Provide client updates and monitor matter progression
*Opening and closing matters on the case management system compliant with the firm’s AML and quality standards and SRA regulations
*Supervised drafting of basic correspondence, forms and documents.
*Submitting/registering forms and legal documents Probate Registry, Certainty and HMRC
*Responsible for the organisation, safe custodian and release of Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney’s, Probates and other associated legal documents.
*Maintaining contact lists and calendars for fee earners
*Monitoring deadlines, manage appointments and diaries
*Searches and registering Wills with Certainty
*Preparing and submitting bills, payments and receipts, liaising with the finance team
*Preparing Estate Accounts on Excel
*Handling overflow client telephone calls
*Reception cover
*Preparing and taking the banking and post
*General administrative tasks
*Other duties as required to ensure the efficient running of the office

Requirements for this role include:

*Preferably previous work experience as legal assistant/secretary
*Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a legal office
*Advanced computer literacy (word, excel, outlook)
*Working knowledge of case management software
*Proficiency in English
*Excellent administrative and organisational skills
*Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure
*Attention to detail
*Excellent communication skills