Legal Secretarial Assistant
We are looking for an independent legal secretary for our client, a leading migration law firm in Amsterdam. In this role you will support a number of lawyers in achieving optimal practice management and organization. Your duties will include maintaining contact with clients and agencies, managing case information and preparing applications for visas and residence permits. Our client provides legal support in the areas of migration, nationality law, international persons and family law such as adoptions. The culture is informal with a good atmosphere and great colleagues. The office is located within walking distance of Central Station and has a beautiful view of the IJ River.
Activities
- Maintaining telephone contact with clients and agencies, making appointments and providing general information;
- Processing correspondence in Dutch and English;
- Independently handling incoming telephone calls and if necessary transferring them to lawyers, taking telephone and visit notes;
- E-mail and mail handling;
- Assisting clients in the office and trying to help them as much as possible;
- Managing case information;
- Performing additional duties related to files, research, phone calls to clients and agencies and requesting documents;
- Agenda management (digital) and making appointments;
- Maintaining and editing address file;
- Receiving payments from clients according to office agreements;
- Helping out fellow secretary during busy times, vacations, etc;
- Intervening and helping the receptionist/telephonist during vacations, busy times and at lunch time in rotation.
Profile
- Communication Skills;
- Service oriented
- Accurate;
- Flexible;
- Independent;
- Collegial;
- HAVO/MBO preferably supplemented with secretarial training;
- Experience in (legal) secretarial work is a plus;
- Good knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel and office applications;
- Good knowledge of Dutch and English (oral and written).
Does migration law or international persons and family law hold your interest? Do you enjoy working independently in a nice and driven team at a beautiful location in Amsterdam with a view over the IJ? Then contact us as soon as possible. We would love to tell you more about this great role!
