Senior Legal Secretary at Bowmans (Law Firm)

Job description

Purpose:

Responsible for performing an advanced level of administrative, legal secretarial and related duties and offering skilled legal assistance to head of department and/or their team.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Senior Certificate
• Paralegal Diploma or short legal courses advantageous/or qualified by experience
• 5 to10 years legal secretarial experience
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office package
• Experience in a legal accounting package essential.

Key Accountabilities:

• Act as first point of contact
• Connecting people
• Professional and effective communication internally/externally
• Diary Management
• Scheduling and maintaining of calendars
• Document Generation
• Office administration/management
• Travel Arrangements
• Meeting Support
• Finance Administration
• Relationship Building

Competencies

• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Interactive Communication
• Initiative
• Problem solving
• Resilience
• Writing Skills

Bowmans is committed to achieving the objectives set in its transformation charter, and the targets in its employment equity plan. All recruitment decisions will be taken with due consideration being given to these objectives.