Legal Secretary

Salary: £26,000 – £28,080 per year

Legal Secretary – Private Client – Competitive Salary + Benefits

Cambridge with hybrid working

Our client, a top 100 UK law firm, are seeking a Legal secretary to work out of their Cambridge office on a full-time basis. You will work within their friendly Private Client team providing professional, pro-active, high level secretarial support on a broad range of issues relating to estates and private property, tax planning and family matters to the Partners and wider team across the firm.

You will have a positive approach and interest in the work that the fee earners are undertaking and be someone who can show initiative when responding to queries and who actively tries to seek solutions to problems and supports when clients are demanding the work be delivered.

Building a working relationship with fee earners and other members of the team is critical to the success of this role and actively getting involved in working activities within the team.

Main Responsibilities include:

• Producing and amending documents with speed and accuracy; format, paginate, number and present documents in ‘house style’ and proofreading all work
• Proactively work with fee earners to ensure relevant documentations are produced to meet clients’ expectations and deadlines
• Managing diaries in Outlook and making all necessary travel arrangements
• Preparing papers for meetings and dealing with paperwork following meetings attended by fee earners
• Processing all forms including new client form, new matter form, money laundering form, training course booking forms etc
• Preparing narratives and bills and keeping billing files up to date
• Immediately clarifying instructions from fee earners as necessary
• Responding to internal and external telephone enquiries politely and professionally

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Previous experience of using a digital dictation tool
• Excellent spelling and punctuation
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Excellent IT skills, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Positive and enthusiastic approach to teamwork
• Good telephone manner
• Adaptable and flexible
• Self-motivated, ability to use initiative and provide pro-active support to fee-earners
• Ability to remain calm and work under pressure to meet strict deadlines
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development.

Benefits include:

• 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
• Agile Working Policy
• Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Subsidised gym membership
• Private Healthcare – BUPA
• Life Assurance – 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance

For further information and a confidential discussion please contact Hollie Preston at Errington Legal Recruitment.