Secretary (Temporary)
Tax & Estate Planning
Winchester
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The Role
We are looking for a talented Secretary to join our Tax & Estate Planning team in Winchester on a temporary basis for an estimated 12 months. The right candidate will be an excellent team player who will support various fee-earners with high caseloads. You will need to be highly organised, be able to handle first line client queries and typing from dictations.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
- Typing from dictation and producing documents
- Preparation of various documentation
- Dealing with telephone enquiries, both internal and external
- Being the first point of contact for the team
- Communication with clients
- File compliance
- Diary management
- Filing and general administration
The Candidate
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Highly organised
- Accurate typing and input of information skills
- A good team player
- Flexible and proactive approach
- Good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Willing to take ownership and be accountable for own work
- Tax & Estate Planning experience would be a distinct advantage
Rewards and Benefits
We want you to thrive at Paris Smith and be the best version of yourself. That’s why we do what we can to support your health and happiness both at work and outside it.
Rewards and Benefits
We want you to thrive at Paris Smith and be the best version of yourself. That’s why we do what we can to support your health and happiness both at work and outside it.
As well as a competitive salary, we offer a range of other benefits.
Competitive salary
We’ll give you a salary that’s appropriate for your experience, service line and location. We use third-party market research to make sure what we pay is competitive compared with the rest of the market.
Performance incentive
We take a performance driven approach at Paris Smith. So, if you perform well and are eligible, you may receive a bonus on top of your salary.
Benefits
Whilst pay is of course important, we look to provide a broad range of benefits as well, focused on health, wellbeing and family.
- 26 days’ holiday (increasing by one day per one year of service up to a maximum of 30 days) plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme membership
- Private medical insurance (subject to eligibility)
- Group income protection (subject to eligibility)
- Life assurance cover
- Personal accident cover
- Discounted legal fees
- Shopping Gateway: get product discounts by shopping online
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Wellbeing
At Paris Smith, the health and wellbeing of our staff is of the utmost importance. In support of this, we offer:
- access to a number of fully trained Mental Health First Aiders;
- health assessments (subject to eligibility);
- an annual Wellbeing Week;
- annual flu vaccinations;
- eyecare vouchers;
- financial wellbeing – access to professional financial advice throughout the year; and
- Employee Assistance Programme.
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You will work closely with the Tax & Estate Planning team’s fee-earners, supporting them with document production, client communication, diary management and administrative tasks to help manage their busy caseloads.
If you believe you are the person we are looking for, please complete the form below and upload your CV
Have a question before you apply?
Email the Recruitment team at recruitment@parissmith.co.uk
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