Legal Secretary - Matrimonial (Hybrid Working) 12 month FTC

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Legal Secretary - Matrimonial (Hybrid Working) 12 month FTC

About the role and team

The role will primarily be to support fee earners in the Matrimonial team but there is opportunity to work across the rest of the private client teams which include child care, Wills and Probate and Court of Protection. You will be joining us in our newly refurbished office in Birmingham. This is a fantastic chance to be part of a dynamic and supportive team, where you will play a key role in providing administrative and secretarial support to our legal team.

The main responsibilities of the secretarial role include:

Typing via dictation
Document amendments - to include applications to court, court orders, witness statements etc
Diary Management
File management - to include opening and closing files, carrying out compliance checks, scanning and saving documents to the document management system
Contact with clients and professionals via telephone and email
Dealing with all communications and document exchange through the court portal.

About the candidate

The ideal candidate will have excellent secretarial skills
They will be enthusiastic and keen to get involved and take on whatever may come their way
Their ability to contribute to a busy department as a reliable team player is essential
They will have the ability to confidently and sensitively build rapport with clients and third parties
Secretarial qualifications are essential
Strong communication skills and the ability to confidently build good relationships with colleagues across the teams
Familiarity with legal aid processes and procedures would be desirable although not essential

About the firm

Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose – to “improve lives, communities and society". For over 40 years we’ve been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values.

What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We’re extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.

Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

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