Legal Secretary (commercial Law Secretary)
Western Cape, South Africa
Job Description
Job Summary
Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will provide vital support to the legal team, with responsibilities including:
- Full administrative and organisational support (diary management, meetings, calls, and message tracking).
- Drafting, formatting, and amending complex documents (track changes, cross-referencing, PowerPoint, footnotes, etc.).
- Managing large PDF sets (annotating, redacting, collating, compressing).
- Preparing and organising physical and electronic documentation.
- Dictaphone and copy typing.
- Maintaining resource and client files.
- Legal practice administration, including accounts preparation, daily time posting, payment tracking, debtors management, and trust balances.
- Developing and maintaining filing systems.
- Maintaining client contact details.
- Capturing timesheets and preparing billing memos/pre-bills.
- FICA administration and compliance follow-up.
- General office and personal administration.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience as a legal secretary within a law firm.
- Matric essential.
- Proficiency in MS Office 365 (particularly MS Word).
- Knowledge of Aderant Expert (CMS) and FileSite will be advantageous.
- Neat, well-organised, and detail-oriented.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
- Professional, reliable, and discreet with strong client relationship skills.
- Proactive and able to work under pressure.
- Strong time management and multitasking ability.
- Honesty, integrity, and confidentiality are non-negotiable.
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Job IdJD1512838
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:R35,000 per month
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationWestern Cape, South Africa
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EducationNot mentioned