Work that stretches your thinking. Clients that value your insight. A team that backs you to grow.
DAC Beachcrofts Professional and Commercial Risk team in Manchester is hiring an experienced Legal Secretary to support our lawyers on professional indemnity, financial lines, and commercial risk work for insurer, broker and corporate clients. Youll be the operational backbone of a high-performing team, managing client communications, running the matter lifecycle, and making sure our lawyers can focus on the work that matters.
This role suits someone whos already proficient in a legal secretarial role, knows their way around a case management system, and wants to work on technically interesting matters with senior fee earners wholl bring you into the detail rather than leave you on the outside.
Key Responsibilities
Matter and case support
* Run the full matter lifecycle: conflict checks, file opening, key date management, file closure
* Manage document bundles, exhibits, and electronic filings using encryption and secure transmission tools
* Maintain accurate records in the case management system, including client‑specific case management platforms
* Prepare correspondence and documents from digital dictation when needed
Client and stakeholder management
* Act as a primary point of contact for insurer clients, brokers, insureds, and third parties
* Apply client-specific protocols, SLAs and delegated authority requirements, and help train others on them
* Monitor matter inboxes, prioritise incoming work, and respond directly where appropriate
* Prepare claims histories, experience summaries and MI when requested
Financial and billing
* Manage billing cycles, WIP and account balances alongside fee earners
* Log time and disbursements accurately, raise invoices, and handle billing queries from clients
* Process BACs, TT and cheque requests, and submit expenses
Team and firm support
* Cover for colleagues across the team and step in where workload demands it
* Take direction from the Secretarial Team Leader and coordinate planned absences
* Operate within the firms risk, compliance and data security framework
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Proven experience as a legal secretary in a professional services or law firm environment
* Confident with case management and document management systems, including client‑side platforms
* Advanced Microsoft Office; intermediate Excel
* Strong written communication, accurate and professional under volume
* Organised and methodical, with the judgement to prioritise across multiple fee earners
* Comfortable handling confidential information and applying data security protocols
* Insurance, professional indemnity or commercial risk experience is an advantage, but not essential. Well invest in the right person.
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top‑20 UK and global insurers, were market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top‑five housebuilders.
We are a fast‑growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in‑house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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