Legal Secretary jobs in United Kingdom

Specialist Law Firm, innovative and ambitious in approach, seeks a confident, experienced Legal Secretary, able to provide excellent service to their extensive client base. Town centre location, joining a team of dedicated professionals, the role of Legal Secretary would be to provide effective secretarial and administrative support to Fee Earner and be responsible for maintaining and/or acquiring the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to perform the functions described below.

Ideal candidate would possess strong knowledge and experience of Family Public Law work, ability to audio type, be highly organised, reliable and have excellent attention to detail. Offered as a permanent contract, the position of Legal Secretary is a full-time HYBRID role (Monday to Friday) with competitive salary, dependent upon experience and immediate start available.

Duties required of Legal Secretary:

• Assist Fee Earners by providing secretarial and administrative support
• Comply with all office procedures and policies in line with SQM/CQS requirements
• Type all correspondence, memoranda, court documents, file notes, proofs of evidence, questionnaires or any other document by way of support
• Type the above from audio tape or otherwise, including copy typing
• Set up and maintain files accurately ALB (case management system) in accordance with practice procedures
• Deal accurately with filing, storage and retrieval of clients files and ensure that such files are kept in an orderly condition in accordance with archiving procedures
• Provide a courteous and professional service when attending upon clients both on the telephone and in person, where necessary accurately recording any messages and passing these on to the appropriate person without unnecessary delay
• Make appointments, arrange meetings and maintain an up-to-date diary
• Provide cover for lunchtime switchboard duty or man reception on a rotational basis as and when requested to do so
• Ensure the positive representation of the Practice in all dealings with clients and others
• Attend courses appropriate and applicable to your area of work in support of the proper performance of your job
• Attend any departmental meetings as and when required
• Comply with the Health & Safety policy of the practice and promote and protect the welfare of all who attend the office in accordance with said policy

Skills and attributes required by Legal Secretary:

• Previous experience as a Legal Secretary, within Family Legal Services (desirable)
• Strong knowledge of Family Public Law work
• Audio type
• Typing wpm with accuracy
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Organised, efficient and reliable
• High attention to detail

Location: Leicester, East Midlands

Hours of Work: Mon to Fri 8.50 am - 5.00 pm (35 hours)

Salary: GBP23,000 p.a. to GBP30,000 p.a. (negotiable dependent upon experience)

If you have the skills to fulfil the role of Legal Secretary, please APPLY TODAY!