KCR Solutions

Float Secretary

Our client is a legal firm with an outstanding reputation, serving clients throughout the UK and further afield.

KEY TASKS:

* To provide efficient and effective support to partner/fee earner to enable
him/her to achieve their objectives and goals.
* To plan workloads and use anticipation and initiative.
* To keep ongoing situations under surveillance, remind partner of dates,
appointments and any action needed.
* To screen partner/fee earner, taking as many calls and enquiries as possible
without disturbing him/her.
* To ensure smooth running of office environment.
* To be cost and profit orientated, help with drafting bills and debt collection
and reviewing work in progress.
* To receive clients and make calls with courtesy, acting as liaison between
partner and clients.
* To be innovative in systems, methods and procedures and use of office
technology.

KEY DUTIES:
* To word process legal documents.
* To deal with correspondence – answering routine letters, drafting replies to
other letters, audio typing.
* To take telephone calls, answering queries, making appointments – with as
little reference to partner/fee earner as possible.
* To filing – directing and supervising juniors, overview of system as whole,
providing partner/fee earner with appropriate files for meeting and
appointments.
* To keep diaries up-to-date.
* To report to the Practice Director/HR Manager for alternative duties in the
event of absence of work by appointed partner/fee earner.
* To carry out any other reasonable tasks within the office environment.

Experience in all main areas of Law, broadly Personal Injury, Private Client, Corporate & Commercial Property work essential.

Please note, due to the expected high levels of applications for this post we may be unable to offer an individual response. If you have not heard back from ourselves within 5 days of forwarding your CV then unfortunately on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful

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