Balsall Common, Near Coventry

£23,000 to £28,000, depending on experience

We are looking for an experienced Private Client (Wills, Trusts, Probate) Legal Secretary to join a very well-established, multi-office law firm at their modern head office in Balsall Common, Near Meriden. The location is easily accessible from Coventry and Birmingham. 

This is a busy and varied secretarial role, which will be really well suited to a “career secretary” rather than a paralegal. It will appeal to someone who has good organisational skills and who enjoys supporting a busy team. 

The role will involve:

• Supporting a busy Private Client team with secretarial and administrative duties
• Audio typing from digital dictation
• Copy typing of legal documents and correspondence
• Liaising with clients and third party professionals by telephone, email and face to face
• Diary management
• Use of Word, Excel and outlook

Suitable candidates will have:

• Previous, up to date experience supporting a busy Private Client /Wills and Probate department
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Fast, Accurate copy and audio typing skills
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• The ability to work well as part of a team
• Excellent attention to detail

This is a permanent office-based job working 9am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday.  The role is offered with a range of benefits including:

• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays and additional paid leave over the Christmas shut down period
• Company pension scheme with 3% contribution from the company
• Death in service benefits 3 x annual salary
• Company sick pay 
• Full induction programme
• Access to AML webinars for continued training and development
• Ongoing training with regular reviews
• Excellent career prospects
• Free parking
• Staff discounts available on Conveyancing transactions and Wills
• Complimentary beverages are provided to all staff (tea, coffee, squash) 
• Social events – Christmas/Summer party, social evenings etc.

Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be commensurate with experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge.