Legal Administrative Assistant / Legal Assistant – Private Client

Farnfields; Gillingham; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Farnfields Solicitors in Gillingham, Dorset, invites applications for a part-time Legal Assistant or Legal Administrative Assistant to support the busy Private Client Department. The role offers approx.

22.5 hours per week, ideally Monday to Friday mornings, with audio typing and document production as core duties. You should have a strong secretarial/administrative background in legal services; entry-level for Administrative Assistant with GCSEs, and full training can be provided.

Qualifications

• Audio typing and document production experience.
• Handling client calls and appointment scheduling.
• Strong secretarial/administrative background within legal services; GCSEs for admin role

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial support to the Private Client team.
• Audio typing and document production for client matters.
• Handle client calls and schedule appointments

Skills

Audio typing

Secretarial experience

Client communication

Education

GCSE English and Maths

Job description

Want a new challenge in a friendly, award-winning law firm? Read on…

Farnfields Solicitors have an excellent opportunity for a part time Legal Assistant, or Legal Administrative Assistant depending on experience, to join our busy Private Client Department at our offices in Gillingham, Dorset.

What is the role?

This is a part time position, and we are looking for somebody who could be available for approximately 22.5 hours per week, working Monday to Friday mornings ideally.

You will provide secretarial support to a busy Private Client team. Duties to include:

• Audio typing and document production
• Handling client calls and appointment scheduling

Who you are?

To be a Legal Assistant, you will have a strong secretarial and administrative background within legal services, including audio typing and preferably within Private Client. We are also open to receiving applications for a Legal Administrative Assistant at entry level and for this role you will have good exam grades (minimum GCSE in English and Maths), and a strong will to learn, as full training can be provided for this position where required.

You will be:

• A team player with strong communication and organisational skills
• Confident and proactive in dealing with clients
• Friendly, professional attitude and client-focused

Our values

Farnfields Solicitors works to five values: Approachable, Supportive, Collaborative, Adaptable and Excellence. The future we are building is clear. A firm that is approachable when clients need to ask the difficult questions, supportive when the pressure is on, collaborative across every office and every team, adaptable when the landscape shifts, and excellence; always excellent, in everything we do.

That’s not a list of aspirations; that’s a description of who you already are.

A bit about us

• We are a well-established and successful law firm, and 2026 marks Farnfields’ 90 th year serving Dorset and Wiltshire.
• We have a modern and down to earth approach.
• We are passionate about providing an excellent service to our clients.
• We place importance on being part of the local community.
• We are friendly, supportive and ambitious.
• At Farnfields we recognise the importance of family life and can offer a good work life balance.
• Winner of The British Conveyancing Awards for Residential Conveyancing Team of the Year, 2024.
• Winner of LawNet Team of the Year (Business Law) 2023
• As a Lexcel accredited firm and a member of LawNet we are committed to career development and providing challenging work to positively engage and motivate our staff.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established, award-winning Firm who are modern, friendly and ambitious; coupled with a down to earth approach.

Due to our continuing strong growth, we currently have a number of exciting career opportunities available: