Legal Secretary/ Paralegal / Administrator

This job is with a small local law firm.

It principally involves legal secretarial work and some administration.

There are opportunities to move into paralegal work or apprenticeship, if desired.

Monday to Friday 9-5- This is office based but some flexibility for 1 day a week at home

£25k- £30k DOE

22 days plus 8 bank holidays

MUST HAVE LEGAL SECRETARY BACK GROUND

Ideally Corporate or commercial law, but other areas considered

Audio typing.

Saving incoming and outgoing emails to case management system.

Archiving files.

Dealing with Companies House online filing.

Drafting template ancillary documents such as Board Minutes, Stock Transfer Forms, Written Resolutions, Oyez forms etc.

Banking, to include:

• Checking bank daily to see if any monies have been paid into client account, informing fee earners of monies received on their matters, completing posting slips to record monies in

• Setting up payments at the bank ready for authorisation

• Transferring monies from client to office account to pay invoices

• Producing posting slips for payments set up/transfers made

• Paying all consultant invoices when SBL invoices paid

• Scanning receipts to Xero by email.

Replenishing stationery as and when needed through Amazon.

Greeting clients/visitors to office and letting fee earner know they have arrived - this is only very occasional.

Opening incoming post and distributing (again, minimal).

Answering switchboard phone calls - very small number of calls.

Assisting fee earners with ad hoc queries.

Managing petty cash.