Legal Secretary (Family Law Division)

Job information Legal Secretary (Family Law Division) from the Company mfg Solicitors LLP, this latest Legal Secretary (Family Law Division) job vacancy is located in the city Kidderminster DY SH. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Legal field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Role: Legal Secretary (Family Law Division)Location: Kidderminster Office

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)Term: 12 months Fixed Term Contract

About mfg

You'll be joining a regional law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It's our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.

The Family Law Team

As Legal Secretary, you will work alongside Divisional Head Katherine Tippetts and two other fee earners at our Kidderminster office. Our Family team also operate from mfg's Worcester, Bromsgrove and Telford offices.

This role is full time on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Day to day, you'll be successful in this role by

We're looking for someone with experience in secretarial duties such as drafting correspondence, assisting with file management, taking instruction from fee earners, maintaining diaries and administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake delegated work such as typing, word processing and photocopying.
• File management including storage, retrieval, opening and closing of files.
• Take phone calls, make appointments and advise clients when appropriate.
• Providing excellent client care.

Requirements

• Experience of working in a Legal Secretarial role.
• A strong understanding of Family law.
• Excellent communication and attention to detail skills.
• Experience in audio typing and dictation.
• Computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Salary & Benefits

· Competitive salary

· 22 days' holiday to start rising to 25 (plus four additional days at Christmas and statutory Bank Holidays)

· Healthcare benefit scheme

· Employee Assistance programme and wellbeing services - 24/7 helpline facility

· Discounted legal fees for staff and family members

· Death in service provision

· Auto enrolment in our Company Pension

· Annual colleague event

Other reasons to join us

· We offer a rewarding career of quality work alongside a commitment to your development. It's a fantastic environment in which people grow!

· A supportive ‘people first' culture, driven by wellbeing and work/life balance (it's a 35-hour week) over 90% of our people responded in our most recent engagement survey that it's a great place to work and they're proud to work here.

· Committed to inclusion and out local communities, we aim to employ a diverse section of the community whilst our work for good causes continues to flourish. Many of our people are actively involved in CSR, Sports & Social and Health & Wellbeing groups.

For more information on what it's like to work at mfg, please visit our recruitment page or email HR on to arrange a confidential call to discuss this opportunity further.

Agencies please note- we have an agreed Agency PSL in place.

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Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contractContract length: 12 months

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kidderminster DY10 2SH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Secretarial: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person