Legal Secretary (Litigation Department)

Draft, file, track and follow up: that's your week at a debt counselling firm in Randburg. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Randburg-based, with most of your time spent at a debt counselling firm. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Prepare fee notes and draft invoices for review
• Capture payments and update debtor balances on collection matters
• Prepare section 129 notices and default judgment applications
• Keep personal information in files secure under POPIA
• Handle incoming calls and give clients straightforward progress updates

• Organised under pressure from several attorneys
• Matric plus a legal secretary or paralegal qualification
• Experience on legal software such as LegalSuite, AJS or GhostPractice
• Discreet with confidential client information
• At least 2 years in a law firm or legal department

• Study assistance for LLB or paralegal courses
• Close-to-transport offices in city centres
• Year-end bonus at many firms

• Include your typing speed; many firms test it on the day of the interview.
• Name the legal software and the type of matters you handled in the first lines of your CV.