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Float Secretary Manchester Salary up to £19,500

Founded in the 1960s, our client has become a leading niche practice, with particular expertise in Insurance Litigation, including Costs and Fraud, Personal Injury Law and Criminal Law.

The firm's growth and success is founded on a desire to provide the highest quality service. Our client is Lexcel accredited and an Investor in People. Great emphasis is placed on recruiting and retaining people who can deliver an efficient but personal legal service.

The main duties of this role are:

To provide direct support to a fee earner or team to enable the department to operate at optimum efficiency
To undertake all secretarial and typing duties and to be prepared to use a high degree of self management and initiative
To prepare accurate correspondence and documents through audio typing and word processing
To arrange appointments, arrange meetings and to maintain an up to date diary for a fee earner(s)
Deal with clients both in person and on the telephone and to provide such support in a professional and friendly manner
To provide support to other secretaries, junior secretaries and temporary secretaries as required
To ensure the confidentiality of all firm's and client's documentation and information
To administer filing which will include daily filing and the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files
Using office equipment, i.e. photocopier, fax etc competently.

We are looking for someone who has:

Proven recent experience in an legal secretarial role (preferably in Claimant, Defendant, Fraud or PI)
Excellent audio typing skills (using digital dictation)
Excellent telephone manner
Experience using a case management system
Someone who can use their initiative and who thrives in a busy and fast-paced environment

This role will involve the candidate carrying out Secretarial duties for differing Fee Earners and / or Partners as and when required to cover holiday, sickness, and busy periods. The candidate, therefore must be willing to be flexible, adaptable and enjoys variety.

Douglas Scott is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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