We are looking for a senior legal secretary (high court litigation and commercial) who will report directly to a director and who will be responsible for inter alia dictaphone typing, liaising with clients, scheduling meetings and appointments, setting deadline reminders and diary dates, maintaining files and providing general administrative support in the office.

Our ideal candidate should have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, be trustworthy, responsible, well-organized, administratively strong, pro-active, capable of working independently and have at least 10 years’ prior experience working for a partner / director in a high court litigation / commercial environment.

The candidate should also:
• be familiar with the processes and procedures of high court litigation, setting up templates, drafting and formatting of agreements, legal documents and other correspondence, such as engagement letters, FICA and POPIA documents; and
• be proficient with Microsoft Office... Legalsuite, Adobe Acrobat and Lexis Nexis.

We will look at a package of between R15,000.00 and R25,000.00 (total cost to company), all dependant on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. This will also be discussed and negotiated in the interview process.

Please email me your CV to [email protected]
South Africa

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