Litigation Secretary at ManpowerGroup South Africa

Responsibilities:

• Dictaphone and copy-typing of a wide range of documents
• Typing, formatting and collating of notices and pleadings
• Incorporating amendments to documents and verifying that amendments have been effected correctly
• Attend to issue pleadings, upload pleadings, sort pleadings
• Organize court files on CourtOnline and CaseLines.
• Preparing resource, counsel and client files
• Opening of new matters and liaising with clients regarding
  the onboarding of new clients
• Strong administration and organisational skills in order to
  manage professionals' practices (diary management,
  answering telephone calls and tracking messages in the
  absence of the professionals)
• General office and personal administration
• Preparing pre-bills and billing memos (sending same to
  clients)
• Managing debtors and debt collection with the accounts
  department
• FICA administration: following up to ensure the FICA
  requirements are complete
• Liaise with clients, counsel, presiding officers, experts and
  other service providers when instructed to do so by
  Lawyers
• Assisting in preparation of tender submissions and
  presentations

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years experience as a litigation secretary
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word programs (more specifically MS Word 2010 and Excel)
• Knowledge on Aderant Expert (CMS) accounting system
• Knowledge on FileSite
• Sound working knowledge of CourtOnline and CaseLines.
• Experience in High Court litigation (motion proceedings).
• Secretarial diploma/legal secretarial diploma/paralegal
  qualification (advantageous)
• Matric essential