Legal Administrator

Bevan Brittan LLP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Bevan Brittan LLP is recruiting a Legal Administrator to join the Business Support Services team in our Birmingham office. The role supports our lawyers with a wide range of administration tasks, working 36.25 hours per week across 7.25 hour shifts from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

The ideal candidate will have administrative experience, IT literacy (Word, Outlook, Excel), and strong communication skills, with a proactive, team-focused approach and the ability to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative role, ideally within a professional services environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with good customer service.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and teamwork ability.
• Pro-active, flexible and able to prioritise workload to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Processing incoming post.
• Compiling electronic bundles for court.
• Conflict searching and Matter opening.
• Processing requests via departmental inboxes.
• Reprographics and supporting travel requests.
• Maintaining stationery supply.

Skills

Quality and customer service

Administrative experience

IT literate

Deadline driven

Team player

Communication skills

Tools

Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Bevan Brittan has an exciting opportunity for a Legal Administrator to join the Business Support Services team. The team support our lawyers by completing a wide range of administration tasks. The hours are 36.25 per week, working 7.25 hour shifts between the hours of 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. This role is based in our Birmingham office.

Main responsibilities:

• Processing incoming post
• Compiling electronic bundles for court
• Conflict searching and Matter opening
• Processing incoming requests via the departmental inboxes
• Reprographics
• Supporting travel requests
• Maintaining stationery supplys

What we are looking for from you

The ideal applicant will possess the following skills:

• Quality and customer service driven, with a concern for accuracy and an eye for detail
• Previous experience in an administrative role is essential. Ideally, this would be within a professional services environment
• IT literate with a working knowledge of Word, Outlook and Excel
• Able to work to deadlines and prioritise own workload effectively
• Enthusiastic, pro-active and flexible. Willing to contribute and support others as part of a team
• Confident verbal and written communication skills

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Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Explore our markets and services here.

We are highly ranked across the legal directories and our 2025/26 financial results confirmed thirteen years of consecutive growth.

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