Legal Secretary

Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK); Birmingham; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking legal firm as a Legal Secretary in the Serious Injury team. This exciting remote role offers comprehensive administrative support, managing files, and assisting with legal documentation. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring efficient operations while enjoying benefits like 25 days of holiday and professional development opportunities. If you're passionate about legal work and thrive in a supportive environment, this position is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to grow with a company that values its employees and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday

Health Checks

Digital GP Access

Mental Health Support

Workplace Pension

Legal Assistance

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Legal Secretary with strong typing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple diaries and conduct legal research.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to fee earners and manage client files.
• Prepare legal documents, lodge with courts, and assist with billing.

Skills

Legal Secretary Experience

Strong Typing Skills

Speech Recognition

Diary Management

Legal Research

Education

Legal Qualification

Tools

Practice Management System

Job description

Job Title: Legal Secretary - Serious Injury Team (Remote)

We are actively recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join our Serious Injury team in Birmingham. This role involves providing comprehensive administrative support alongside our fee earners, managing files from opening to archiving, handling post, and dealing with enquiries from clients, executives, and external parties. You will also lodge documents with courts, complete court forms, and create new client enquiries through our Practice Management System.

Key responsibilities include preparing precedent and non-precedent letters, attending to internal memoranda, conducting legal research, assisting with billing and maintaining financial records, and managing outstanding costs, disbursements, and fee earner time recording. Experience as a Legal Secretary, strong typing skills (including speech recognition), and the ability to manage multiple diaries are preferred.

This role is primarily remote, with occasional travel to our Birmingham or Manchester offices as needed.

What We Offer

• 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Benefits including health checks, digital GP access, mental health support, and more
• Workplace pension, legal assistance, and professional development opportunities

Our Values

We are committed to recruiting the best talent and maintaining high legal standards, guided by the S+G Way:

• We do what we say we will
• We don’t wait, we create
• We own it, we sort it
• We respect and encourage each other
• We make time to live

For further information, please contact [e-mail]. Please note that vacancies may close early depending on application volume.