Legal Secretary (Charity)

Job Location	Stanway, Colchester
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	20,000 per annum
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent , full-time

Job Description

Recruiting for your future successWe are currently working with Colchester Foodbank to recruit a Legal Secretary to support their service users with funding applications to provide them with financial support. Colchester Foodbank are a well-respected local charity who aim to provide long-term,transformative support to all of their service users.Legal Secretary£20k per annum (pro rata) | 16 hours per week Mon-Fri | Hybrid Working (some office time required) | Local Charity | Funding Applications, Secretarial Duties | Well-Organised, Accurate, Positive AttitudeThe main purpose of the Legal Secretary position is to liaise with stakeholders and volunteers to receive referrals of individuals requiring financial support, and then submitting funding applications to help users of the service. This is a challenging role,which will be hard work. The role is also to provide administratively astute secretarial support to colleagues within the charity.Duties (include but are not limited to):

Liaising with stakeholders (both internal and external) and volunteers to receive referrals of service users requiring financial support
Completing funding applications on behalf of service users
Communicating with colleagues and service users to update all on the progress of applications
Provide adhoc secretarial/administrative support to colleagues
Provide occasional support with grant funding applications for the charity (as/when required)

Person Specification:

3 years or more experience as a Legal Secretary or similar role involving producing legal/funding documents/applications (essential)
A positive, upbeat approach to work
The ability to multi-task, whilst working to a high level of accuracy
Confidence talking to members of the public
Competent user of Microsoft Office programs

LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all beexplained on initial contact.

Keyskills :
Administrative SupportCharitySecretarial SupportFunding Applications

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