Position Title: Legal Secretary
Role Summary
Provide high-level administrative and secretarial support to solicitors/managing clerks, ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the practice. The role is client-facing (over the phone mostly), deadline-driven, and requires strong attention to detail, professionalism, and discretion.
Key Responsibilities
Manage solicitors' diaries, emails, and incoming correspondence.
Prepare, format, and proofread legal documents and correspondence.
File and lodge documents with courts, tribunals, and government bodies.
Open, maintain, and close client files in accordance with compliance requirements.
Handle client enquiries by phone and email in a professional manner.
Manage billing support, including time entry, invoices etc (but we teach this)
Organise briefs, statements, and collecting evidence.
Maintain orderly electronic and physical filing systems
Provide general administrative support to the legal team as required
Skills and Experience
Previous experience as a legal secretary or legal assistant preferred but not essential.
Strong typing, formatting, and document management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
High level of organisation, accuracy, and time management
Proactive, reliable, and able to work with minimal supervision.
Would suit career paralegal/legal secretary.