A great opportunity has arisen for a Secretary to join our Family team based at our offices in Maidstone, Kent.

Brachers is a leading law firm of choice in the South East, which prides itself on delivering quality and value to clients through continuous innovation, robust management practice and a commitment to excellence.

If you are an experienced Family Secretary, this may be the right role for you. We would be very happy to consider secretarial candidates with less experience providing you have the right attitude, temperament and enthusiasm for the role.

This role involves secretarial and administration support to allocated Fee Earners within the team. The successful candidate will efficiently use the case management system (OMS) as part of their daily work to ensure the delivery of excellent client service and consistent contribution to the profitability of the Team.

The Role:

• Preparing correspondence and other written communications, word processing and typing from manuscript or audio / digital dictation
• Ensuring all files are kept up-to-date and that filing is done regularly
• Undertaking file opening and closing activities
• Ensuring regular archiving of files
• Liaising with clients in person, by telephone and e-mail including taking messages
• Arranging appointments and booking rooms for meetings
• Diary management for allocated fee earners
• Maintaining accurate, individual time records using CMS in accordance with the firm’s procedures
• Attending team, partnership and training meetings as required
• Assisting with holiday cover both within the team and, if necessary, to other teams and departments
• Assisting and support all members of the team
• Undertaking any other reasonable tasks, duties or requests as and when required by the team or the wider partnership

Are you the right person?
The ideal candidate will have strong secretarial skills, ideally with experience in the family legal environment although this is not an absolute requirement. You will be a team player who is willing to be flexible to meet the needs of this highly successful team.

The position would suit a highly organised individual who works well under pressure and can use their initiative when required. It is important that you have strong numeracy skills and the ability to understand financial ledgers.

You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with a professional telephone manner and be able to demonstrate high attention to detail.

Due to the nature of the work the team is involved in, you will need to understand and demonstrate discretion and confidentiality in your work.

What we can offer you:
Brachers LLP offers a friendly and welcoming environment. Whilst we expect our people to work hard, we also want them to enjoy their work and establish successful careers with us. Therefore, we offer everyone the opportunity to train, develop and grow.

You will be offered a competitive salary, pension, 23 days holiday per year, rising to 26 days after 3 years’ service, life assurance, private medical insurance, group income protection, staff discounts, social events and much more. Our employees also benefit from a discretionary annual bonus scheme.

If you feel you have the experience and skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please send your CV together with a covering e-mail detailing your salary expectations and your current notice period using the apply online button.

The closing date for receiving applications is Friday 14 August 2020.

To be considered for this role you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Please note, we are not currently accepting applications for this role from agencies. Speculative candidates submitted through agencies will not be considered.