Role: Legal Secretary – Employment
Location: Reading – Office attendance required on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Salary: £25,000 to £27,000 per annum.
The Legal Secretary will provide comprehensive administrative support to Fee Earners within the Employment department, ensuring a high standard of service to internal colleagues and external clients. This is a full‑time position.
Key responsibilities
* Producing accurate documentation, reports, and correspondence in line with standard office practices and precedents.
* Providing full secretarial support to the team and assisting with administrative tasks as required.
* Managing fee earners’ diaries and coordinating meeting logistics.
* Inserting and updating key court dates.
* Handling general administration, including filing, answering calls, and following up via phone or email on behalf of fee earners.
* Proofreading and formatting presentations.
* Preparing billing guides and timecards.
* Issuing invoices and liaising with clients regarding any queries.
* Creating and maintaining spreadsheets to support invoicing, time modifications, and disbursement tracking.
* Monitoring the debtors list and arranging payments to third‑party suppliers as required.
Ideal candidate
* 2+ years’ experience in a secretarial or administrative role.
* Previous experience working within a legal environment.
* Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
* Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
* High attention to detail with the ability to use initiative.
* Proven ability to manage a high workload within a busy team environment.
* Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
* Experience handling financial matters and client account queries.
* Experience within Employment law (advantageous but not essential).
* Familiarity with case management systems.
* Previous Legal Secretary or Legal PA experience.
* Knowledge of the Elite accounts package.
Office Angels is an equal opportunities employer who respects and appreciates people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and more. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
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