Legal Secretary: Morningside Johannesburg

**Salary**:
R23 000 ctc pm depending on experience.

**Requirements**:

- Grade 12
- Good knowledge and experience in typing.
- General knowledge of the Insolvency / Liquidation Industry.
- Excellent communication skills, written and spoken.
- Fluent in English - Afrikaans speaking ability would be a plus.
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office, Excel, outlook and billing.
- Own reliable Transport.

**Duties**:

- Diary management.
- Billing and general administration duties
- General Knowledge in the Liquidation and Sequestration Industry and the administration of Insolvent estates.
- Normal Secretarial duties.
- Book keeping Knowledge
- General Office management such as monitoring and ordering of printing cartridges, Toner, paper stationary etc.
- Liaise with our IT TEAM if and when relevant re general office functions.
- General typing of correspondence and reports.
- Liaising and instructing Auctioneers re asset realization etc.
- Scheduling / Advertising of creditors meetings and liaison with creditors in Liquidated / Sequestrated estates.
- Compiling and preparing of Liquidation and Distribution Accounts with the necessary vouchers and substantiating documents / vouchers to the Master of the High Court.
- Requesting and checking Creditors’ claims in estates, filing and processing of the claims.
- Sending out of the necessary circulars in estates to creditors.
- General correspondence typing to Banks, Creditors, Debtors etc.
- Monitoring and getting feedback on estates where Joint Liquidators are attending to the administration of estates.
- Liaising and corresponding with the various internal offices of the company.
- Liaising with the Master of the High Court in re 1st meetings of creditors to be scheduled, Final appointment certificates to be obtained etc.
- Opening of estate banking accounts and compiling all relevant documents in order to do so.
- Attend to arrangement of Special and General meetings of Creditors.
- Diarising and monitoring of Inspection periods re Liquidation and Distribution Accounts.
- General typing of letters and correspondence to the Master of the High Court and any stake holder in estates.
- Placement of All adds and liaison with the Government Gazette, Beeld and Citizen.
- Compiling of second meeting of creditors reports and the resolutions.
- Liaising with Creditors in general, such as obtaining claim forms, sending out of reports and general queries on all estates.
- Running on insolvent estates (obtaining requisitions)”

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Education**:

- High School (matric) (required)

**Experience**:

- legal secretary: 4 years (required)

**Language**:

- English and Afrikaans (required)

License/Certification:

- Drivers licence (required)