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Legal PA

Posted 3 hours 4 minutes ago by Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment

£24,000 - £30,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Secretarial & PA Jobs
Lancashire, Blackpool, United Kingdom, FY0 1
Job Description
Legal PABlackpool - Hybrid£24,000 - £30,000 A fantastic, high street established Blackpool firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive team on a full time basis. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Float Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, fee earners and partners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Blackpool. Duties and responsibilities of the Legal PA:
  • Provide high level support to the Managing Partner
  • and their team in all different departments
  • Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements
  • Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as audio typing
  • Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
  • Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
  • Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
  • Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
  • Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
  • Any ad-hoc secretarial duties
Skills Required:
  • Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary / Personal Assistant
  • Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
  • IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
  • Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
  • Exemplary document management and filing
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
  • Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Blackpool, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to
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