Family legal secretary

Sue Ross Legal are recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join a growing Family Law team in Barsnley. Our Client is a leading law firm based in Barnsley with a long established reputation and extensive specialist expertise in the areas of Family Law (including care proceedings and proceedings involving Social Services), Property, Commercial, Wills, Trusts Future Planning, Personal Injury, Employment and Dispute Resolution. Key duties will include: * Providing support to Fee Earners within the Family department, assisting with matters including Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial settlements, Trusts, and Separation Agreements. * Audio and copy typing general correspondence, reports and legal documents * Diary management * Organising meetings and appointments * Maintaining filing systems * Answering and screening incoming telephone calls * Dealing with client queries * Assisting with the eligibility of clients for legal aid * Setting up new client files To be considered for this role, you will need to have Secretarial experience, ideally with a knowledge of family or child care law. You must have excellent typing speeds and have strong communication skills. For more information about the above vacancy or for a confidential chat about our other vacancies throughout Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, the North West and the North East, please send your details to us and one of our dedicated legal consultants will contact you. Unfortunately due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback to all applicants. Please assume that if you do not hear from us within 72 hours that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. May we take this opportunity to thank you for expressing an interest in one of our roles and wish you the very best in your search for employment