Legal Secretary

SUMMARY:
Law firm in the Eastern Suburbs of Johannesburg is looking for a Legal Secretary.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum requirements:

• Good knowledge and experience in typing.
• General knowledge of the Insolvency / Liquidation Industry.
• Diary management.
• Billing and general administration duties
• Able to work independently and under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills ,written and spoken.
• Fluent in English – Afrikaans speaking ability would be a plus.
• Computer literacy in Micro Soft Office , Excel , outlook and billing.
• Well organized.
• Matric or higher.
• Own reliable Transport.
• Preferably between 35 and 50 years of age.

Duties will include:

• General knowledge in the Liquidation and Sequestration Industry and the administration of Insolvent estates.
• Normal secretarial duties.
• Basic bookkeeping
• General Office management such as monitoring and ordering of  printing cartridges, toner , paper, stationary etc.
• Liaison with IT TEAM if and when relevant re general office functions.
• General typing of correspondence and reports.
• Liasing and instructing Auctioneers re asset realization etc.
• Scheduling  / Advertising of creditors meetings and liaison with creditors in Liquidated / Sequestrated estates.
• Compiling and preparing of Liquidation and Distribution Accounts with the necessary vouchers and substantiating documents / vouchers to the Master of the High Court.
• Requesting and checking creditors claims in estates , filing and processing of the claims.
• Sending out of the necessary circulars in estates to creditors.
• General correspondence typing to Banks , Creditors , Debtors etc.
• Monitoring and getting feedback on estates where Joint Liquidators are attending to the administration of estates.
• Liasing and corresponding with the various internal offices of the company.
• Liasing with the Master of the High Court in re 1^st meetings of creditors to be scheduled , Final appointment certificates to be obtained etc.
• Opening of estate banking accounts and compiling all relevant documents in order to do so.
• Applying and liasing with Joint Liquidators in General ea – Compiling of Bond reductions , Extension Affidavits to lodge Liquidation and Distribution accounts , Obtaining Affidavits for Liquidation and Distribution Account etc.
• Attend to arrangement of Special and General meetings of Creditors.
• Diarising and monitoring of Inspection periods re Liquidation and Distribution Accounts.
• General typing of letters and correspondence to the Master of the High Court and any stake holder in estates.
• Placement of All adds and liaison with the Government Gazette, Beeld and Citizen.
• Compiling of second meeting of creditors reports and the resolutions.
• Liasing with Creditors in general ,such as obtaining claim forms, sending out of reports and general queries on all estates.
• Running on insolvent estates (obtaining requisitions)

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