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• Sheffield
• Posted 15th Jul 2009
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• Posted by: Benchmark Recruit
• Salary: £16000 - £17500 per annum
• Job Type: Permanent
• Address: Omnia One
  Queen Street
  Sheffield
  S1 2DU
  
• Reference: 21160
• This job has been viewed 93 times since it was posted.

Job Description

The Role: The role will involve liaising with clients, guardians, colleagues and other individuals by telephone, email and letter for work related matters. Ensuring that a professional and efficient manner is adopted at all times is essential. Excellent copy and digital audio typing skills of at least 60 wpm are essential with a good understanding of the need to prioritise when working with both clients and colleagues. Other duties include filing, collating information for documents such as public funding forms, diary management and contact with clients. During busy periods the candidate will be required to help other secretaries with urgent work within the Family department. Due to the nature of this work the candidate will be good at developing trusting relationships with clients and handling what can be difficult and disturbing cases. The ability to meet clients face to face and take detailed notes is essential as clients can be extremely emotional at times.

The Successful Candidate: should have a strong background within a Childcare department and have experience of dealing with sensitive client matters. You will need to have experience of working as a Legal Secretary in a solicitor's practice, fast and accurate typing at least 65+ wpm, the ability to draft non legal correspondence, the ability to manage and organise large volumes of documents, confident in use of email and other systems in daily work, knowledge of Microsoft Word and other Office packages and excellent organisation skills. To be considered for this position, candidates will need to be of smart appearance, demonstrate adaptability/flexibility, have a patient and understanding manner with good communication skills. The successful candidate will be professional, hardworking and reliable, with a bright, enthusiastic personality, and have the ability to work effectively as part of a team.