Legal Secretary - Personal Injury
- Recruiter
- Owen Reed
- Location
- Greater Manchester
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 03 Dec 2018
- Closes
- 31 Dec 2018
- Ref
- SP/MAN/PI
- Job Title
- Legal Secretary
- Industry Sector
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Legal Secretary - Personal Injury
Experience / Attributes required
Previous experience as a legal secretary working in Personal Injury areas and ability to demonstrate understanding of claims process and associated deadlines.
Strong organizational and secretarial skills and demonstrated ability to lead, drive and implement change programme for practice area (this includes IT, legal processes, admin, training, team processes & procedures, etc).
Strong PC/technical skills and high level of confidence using IT systems.
Demonstrated knowledge and confidence liaising with IT/ Case Manager to develop new documents/ processes within case management and IT systems to meet the needs of the group.
Experience using outsourced typing service - sending dictation and editing/saving typed dictation into documents.
Experience speaking to clients on the telephone.
Experience making calls on behalf of fee earners.
Demonstrated ability to work unsupervised, use own initiative and take ownership of work.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.
Work effectively in a team and on your own.
Thorough understanding of billing and accounts.
Excellent audio and copy typing skills (>70 words per min) plus good knowledge of Microsoft office software.
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