About the company:

Established in the early 1900s, a leading South African corporate and commercial law firm serving multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and government is seeking a Legal Secretary to join their team of professionals.

Duties Include:
• Dictaphone and copy typing of a wide range of documents
• Preparing agreements
• Incorporating amendments into documents and cross referencing clauses
• Administrating professional practice (diary management, answering telephone calls and tracking messages in the absence of team members)
• Preparing accounts for clients
• Follow up payments of debtors
• FICA administration, following up to ensure the FICA requirements are complete
• Retrieving legal texts from electronic databases for inclusion in documents
• Preparing resource and client files
• Administering and organising legal practice
• Ensuring that the Filing System is kept up to date (Hard Copy / Electronic)

Requirements:
• Matric / Secretarial Diploma / Legal Secretary diploma / Paralegal qualification (advantage but not a requirement)
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a commercial secretary in a large law firm
• Fluency in both Afrikaans and English – Written and spoken
• Full working knowledge of all MS packages

What to include:
• Detailed cv (Please include month and year employed)
• Reason for leaving last employ
• Current salary
• Required salary
• Motivational letter
• Please indicate race for BEE purposes