Minimum requirements:

Matric Essential
Legal secretary / paralegal / qualification advantageous
Minimum of 3 years' experience as a commercial secretary in a large law firm
Full working knowledge of all MS packages
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)
Hard worker and deadline driven
Good communication skills
Must be well organised and conscientious
Display attention to detail
Good Interpersonal skills
Honest, reliable and punctual
Able to work well under pressure