full time secretary – with shared reception duties

Reading Office – Law Firm

We are looking for an experienced Secretary to join our busy law firm in our Reading office, covering criminal, prison and family law. Previous legal secretarial experience would be an advantage.

In addition to the secretarial role,the candidate will share reception responsibilities with the other secretaries, which may require at times being front of house.

To be considered for this excellent opportunity you must have:

· Previous experience in a secretary/administrator role. Legal experience is preferred.

· Previous experience of audio typing with digital dictation software

· Excellent IT skills including the ability to utilise a case management system

· Excellent organisational skills

· Flexible in your working approach with the ability to multi-task and prioritise.

· Comfortable dealing with a diverse pool of people

· Strong sense of discretion

Duties including:

· Audio typing general correspondence and legal documents

· Diary management including diarising key dates and organising appointments

· Organising prison visits

· General administration duties and dealing with correspondence

· Shared receptionist duties

· Correlation of documents and bundles

· Answering the telephone

· Taking new client enquiries

Salary and benefits:

· Competitive salary and benefits package

· Pension scheme

To apply for this role:-

Please submit a full CV and covering letter to (including your present salary level)

Please note that we may consider applications as soon as they are submitted and therefore you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £24,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person