Junior Secretary

TLT LLP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm seeks a Junior Legal Secretary for its Financial Services Litigation team. The role involves essential secretarial and administrative support, financial management tasks, and effective diary management in a hybrid working environment. Candidates should have strong organisational skills and experience with office tools, contributing to a collaborative team atmosphere while working with prominent financial clients.

Benefits

25 days holiday (increases to 30 based on service)

Private medical insurance

Competitive salary with annual pay review

Qualifications

• Experience in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel required.
• Experience in case management systems necessary.
• Exceptional organisational skills and ability to self-manage a large workload.

Responsibilities

• Carry out secretarial and administrative tasks for the team.
• Assist with financial management and client billing.
• Manage diaries and arrange appointments and meetings.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Time Management

Tools

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Case Management Systems

Job description

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We are recruiting for a Junior Legal Secretary to join our Financial Services Litigation team in London. This is a permanent full time opportunity offered on a hybrid working basis.

Your Role

As a Junior Legal Secretary your day to day remit includes:

• Support the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks.
• Assisting the fee earners with financial management e.g. disbursements, client balances, dealing with a range of client specific billing requirements.
• Create the monthly invoices to be issued to the clients.
• Diary management for all fee earners; arranging internal and external appointments and, making arrangements for meetings; booking meetings rooms or external venues as required.
• Proof reading, amending and house styling legal reports and non TLT documents.

Your Skills and Experience

• Experience in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel are required.
• Experience in case management systems
• Exceptional prioritising/organisational skills.
• Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.
• Confident in delegation of work when necessary.

Your Team

TLT has one of the largest dedicated Financial Services Disputes practices in the UK, with partner led teams in all jurisdictions. We act for a range of financial institutions including large UK banks, international banks, challenger banks and fintechs, giving commercial and practical advice to resolve disputes.

We advise across the whole spectrum of contentious issues associated with commercial, business and consumer finance, including dispute resolution, pre-litigation management and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.