Legal Secretary - Family Law

My client is a multi-service law firm committed to access to justice, their lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties, and human rights. They are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm, and we are currently recruiting a Legal Secretary to join our Family & Childcare Team in our St Albans Office. This is a full time position within a dynamic and growing team, offering an excellent opportunity for professional development within an award-winning law firm. Your ProfileYou will preferably: • Have some experience working as a legal secretary or similar with a pretence for experience in family & childcare law. • Be able aim to demonstrate an interest in Family law. • Have strong organisational skills. • Have the ability to work under pressure. • Fast and accurate typing skills and spelling. • Clear and precise written and verbal communication skills. We would like the ideal candidate: • To type from digital dictation, or otherwise including copy typing. • To do such electronic filing as may be required from time to time. • To deal with telephone calls whether incoming or outgoing from clients, Counsel, experts and other third parties. • To keep appointment diaries for any Fee Earner or any Senior Member of the team. • To deal with clients and others visiting the office as may be appropriate. • To ensure compliance with all office procedures as laid down in the Practice Manual including any variations or amendments. • To deal with CCMS legal aid matters / applications. • To action any fee notes and/or matters pertaining to experts’ invoices. • Any other such matters as required. They offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team, within a friendly team, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently. They offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 23 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year). We review annual leave and increase with service. Employee Benefits • Competitive base salary. • Pension Scheme with employer contribution. • Additional Birthday Leave. • Electric Vehicle Scheme. • Optional Benenden Health Care. • Administrative support. • Firm laptop. • Ongoing training and development. • Supportive supervision from mentors. • Annual appraisals and salary reviews. • Bi-annual parties for Summer and Christmas. • Additional perks and benefits. • Competitive training packages. Please apply today, great opportunity and keen to get the right person on board asap.