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Legal Secretary - Excellent Benefits & Environment
Reed
Cambridge
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 35,000
Full time
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Job summary
An established industry player is seeking a skilled Legal Secretary with a background in Private Client or Family Law. In this traditional office-based role, you will provide high-level secretarial support to a dedicated team, managing diaries, appointments, and client communications. The firm values its employees and offers a competitive rewards package, including generous holiday allowances, a pension scheme, and enhanced parental leave. Join a supportive environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded, and help make a difference in the lives of clients dealing with estates and family matters.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in a legal environment, particularly in Private Client or Family Law.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-level secretarial support to fee earners in Private Client team.
- Manage diaries, appointments, and client database updates.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Legal Secretary required with a Private Client/Family Law background ideally, applications welcomed with any legal background. The position is a traditional office-based role with fantastic access to public transport. The role will be working in the Private Client team to provide professional, pro-active, high level secretarial support on a broad range of issues relating to estates and private property, tax planning and family matters. You will work with an allocated fee earner or group of fee earners as well as supporting the wider fee earning team.
The team covers:
- Will drafting
- Succession planning
- Tax efficient lifetime giving
- Disputed Wills
- Creation administration and termination of trusts
- Advice to trustees and beneficiaries
- Trust Taxation
- Offshore trusts
Manage diaries of allocated fee earners in Microsoft Outlook to include:
- Making appointments
- Arranging meetings/conferences
- Sending and responding to invites
- Process expense claims, payment requisition forms, returned advances
- To accurately maintain and update client and other relevant contact details on our client database
- To process all forms including new client form, new matter form, money laundering form, training course booking forms etc.
Our client appreciates the people who work for them, and their rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Long Service holiday award - 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Agile Working Policy
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
- Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
- Paid CSR day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Season Ticket Loan
- Subsidised gym membership
- Eye Care Voucher
- Private Healthcare - BUPA
- Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Dress for your Day Policy
- Discounted legal services.
For more information, please apply with a current CV, we look forward to hearing from you.
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