Legal Secretary

Leamington Spa

Salary c£23k dependent on experience

We are working with a leading Lexcel accredited, regional law firm who are succession planning for their expanding Private Client (Wills and Probate) Department. The role has come about due to existing staff progressing their careers within the firm, demonstrating the firm's commitment to training and development. 

We are looking to attract an experienced Legal Secretary to support their Private Client team at their lovely head office in Leamington Spa town centre. Experience within wills and probate work would be an advantage but is not essential, provided candidates have previous, up to date, legal secretarial and administration experience. 

The role will involve:

• Supporting the Private Client team with secretarial and administrative duties
• Drafting correspondence and legal documents related to wills, trusts, probate, lasting powers of attorney and estate administration
• Dealing with clients by phone, email and face to face in a sympathetic and professional manner
• Audio and copy typing
• Scanning, copying and filing
• Opening, closing and archiving files
• Using a legal case management system
• Diary management

Suitable candidates will have:

• Previous, recent legal administration or legal secretarial experience
• Previous wills and probate experience (preferred but not essential as training will be given)
• Accurate keyboard skills 
• Experience of using a legal case management system
• Excellent communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• The ability to work well as part of a team and prioritise your workload
• A passion for working in the private client field

This is a full time, office based, permanent job, working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (35 hours per week)

Benefits include:

• Annual salary reviews
• 23 days’ holiday (increasing to 27), plus 8 days’ bank holidays 
• 2 days’ additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
• Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
• Holiday buy and sell scheme. Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period) 
• Company Pension Scheme
• Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
• BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
• Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
• Long service awards
• Career development and regular performance reviews
• Technical and personal skills training
• Community and fundraising events
• Full induction programme
• Virtual GP
• Funeral Planning and support 
• Group Life Employee Assistance Programme
• Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service

Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be commensurate with experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge. 

For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions

About Talentwise

Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.

We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.

About Your Consultant

Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service – the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.

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