Legal Secretary / Audio Typist – Private Client Team. Job in Edinburgh LilyLifestyle Jobs

Legal Secretary / Audio-Typist – Private Client Team

Edinburgh City Centre based fully office-based role. Permanent Full time hours Monday to Friday. Salary up to 30,000 per annum + benefits (depending on experience).

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive secretarial support to fee earners within the firm’s Private Client team.

Duties involved in this role

• Timely and accurate completion of varied documentation and correspondence as required in accordance with the fee earner instructions and department styles
• Undertaking digital dictation and typing for the fee earners on a daily basis
• Dealing with incoming calls, emails & correspondence coming into the department, flagging & escalating as appropriate
• Taking & passing on messages to the appropriate person within the department
• Assisting fee earners with ad hoc administration as & when required such as form filling
• Liaising with the Secretarial Support Manager to help plan allocation of work across the teams & staff
• Various other Secretarial & Admin duties as directed

Skills and experience required

• Previous experience either as a Legal Secretary or previous Audio‑Typing experience – candidates who have specific Legal experience within a Private Client setting (dealing with Wills, Powers of Attorney and Title Deeds) would very much be preferred, although Secretarial or Audio‑Typing experience outside of this will be considered
• Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail – with the ability to prioritise a very busy workload & pivot your focus when needed
• First class IT and typing skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and preferably some experience of using digital dictation software
• First class communication skills – both written & verbal

If this is the role for you, apply now!

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