Legal Secretary – Private Client/Wills and Probate Department
Location: Leamington Spa
Salary: c£25,000 per annum – negotiable, commensurate with experience
We are working in partnership with a well-established Lexcel accredited, multi-office law firm who are looking to attract an experienced Private Client Legal Secretary to join their busy, friendly team in Leamington Spa town centre.
The role will involve:
- Providing a full secretarial and administration service to the Private Client Department
- Undertaking typing and secretarial work for multiple Fee Earners
- Assisting when needed across the Department as part of the Private Client support team
- Dealing with telephone calls from clients, liaising with Fee Earners where appropriate
- Liaising with clients by phone, email and face to face in Reception
- Preparing files for the next day’s appointments
- Making appointments for clients
- Carrying out conflict checks on new clients
- Providing reception cover on occasion
- Preparing invoices and monthly cost schedules for clients
Knowledge and Experience:
- At least one years’ experience within a Private Client/Wills and Probate Department
- Experience of dealing with wills, powers of attorney and estate administration
- Experience of using Microsoft Outlook and Word
- Experience of using a legal case management system
- The ability to work on your own initiative, as well as working well within a team environment
- The ability to handle awkward situations and difficult clients in a calm, kind and professional manner
This is a full time permanent job working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (35 hours per week) and will be fully office-based.
Benefits Include:
- 23 days’ holiday (increasing to 27), plus 8 days bank holidays
- 2 days’ additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
- Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
- Holiday buy and sell scheme up to 5 days holiday per year
- Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period)
- Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
- BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
- Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
- Long service awards
- Career development and regular performance reviews
- Technical and personal skills training
- Community and fundraising events
- Full induction programme
- Virtual GP – Health Hero GP24
- Funeral Concierge – Everest
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service
Note: Salary stated is given in line with market rate and will be commensurate with experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge.
