Legal Secretary
8 months ago
A lovely opportunity exists for an accomplished secretary to join this dynamic team.
Previous experience in a law firm is essential.
**Responsibilities**:
- Dictaphone typing
- Typing of correspondence, court papers, opinions, articles, presentations, general legal memoranda
- Telephone duties: effective screening and problem resolution, scheduling and co-ordination of appointments, meetings and client contact
- Diary management and booking of boardrooms for meetings
- Maintaining an efficient filing system
- Handling mail, faxes, scanning, files and telefaxing
- Effectively organising self and office
- Capturing time on Elite system
- Processing the monthly accounts
- Collecting outstanding funds from clients
- Managing and ensuring timeous payment of disbursements
- Establishing and/or maintaining relationships with professionals, support staff and internal/external clients
- Effective general office management such as but not limited to maintaining processes that have been put in place in regard to archiving, opening of matters and keeping record of matters for the team, attending to Billback (cost recovery) for the professionals in the team and year-end gifting and cards to be sent out to clients
Knowledge and Skills:
- Sound secretarial skills with the ability to display initiative and being pro-active
- Strong administrative skills
- Strong typing skills
- Team player, professional, flexible and friendly
- Possess highly developed interpersonal and communications skills, and a good telephone manner
- Excellent computer / typing skills
- Sense of confidentiality, urgency and the ability to work under pressure
- High energy levels and positive attitude
- To be proactive in offering assistance and follow ups
- Prioritising tasks and making time to give priority to prioritised tasks when under pressure
- A high standard of efficiency in handling tasks, dealing with people and creating a general professional atmosphere
- Strong attention to detail / accuracy and good turn-around time for tasks
**Experience**:
- Good computer skills in the following packages, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel
- Good working knowledge of the time recording, client accounts and the billing system
- Excellent English language skills
Qualifications:
- Matric Certificate
- Secretarial qualification/diploma or other related qualification (preferred)
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