Legal / Medical Secretary
Edinburgh • Permanent • £18000 - £24000
About our client:
My client is a public service provider.
Description:
- Maintaining Quality External Relations and Service to Members
- Arrangement and co-ordination of appointments and conferences
- Checking and co-ordinating post/Typing Letters
- Audio Typing/Audio digital dictation
- Dealing with clients no a day to day basis ensuring the highest possible customer service
- Comprehensive diary management using Outlook
- Arranging travel requirements
- Auditing of files on a weekly basis
- Filing case related correspondence
- Photocopying and/or scanning of documents
- Answering and screening telephone calls and, when appropriate, answering other colleagues’ phones and relaying accurate and timely messages
- Booking internal meeting rooms using the computerised booking system, and if necessary, any video-conferencing equipment
- Providing cover for reception as and when required
Profile:
- Ideally, a candidate coming from a medical / legal secretarial background
- A good knowledge of written English language/grammar is essential together with accuracy, efficiency and a copy typing speed of 60wpm.
- An AMSPAR qualification is desirable
- High quality oral and communication skills, including patience, tact and discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive information
- A working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Word and telephone etiquette are essential
- The ability to prioritise own workload
- Good diary keeping is essential, together with the ability to keep calm under pressure, maintain courtesy, tact and diplomacy.
- The job also requires the holder to work as part of a team with other secretarial colleagues.
- Shorthand is not a necessity but is desirable.
Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.
What's on offer
£market rate salary with excellent benefits.
