Legal Assistant

Meridian Business Support; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm in Maidstone is seeking a Legal Assistant to provide administrative support to high profile clients. This role involves managing key accounts, handling queries, and contributing to major projects. The ideal candidate will have experience in legal administration and possess strong IT skills. The position offers a salary of £26,000 along with benefits like hybrid working and private healthcare.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Life assurance

Private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Company social events

Qualifications

• Experience as a Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, or similar role required.
• Ability to handle client queries and documentation to a high standard.
• Passion for empathetic client care and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Support management of key accounts.
• Be the first point of contact for client queries.
• Ensure timely completion of client documentation.
• Participate in major innovative projects.

Skills

Client care

IT skills (MS Office)

Workload prioritization

Job description

Would you like to use your administrative skills or experience and enter the legal sector in a Legal Assistant role at an innovative, progressive firm that prides itself on putting its people first along with their clients, offering hybrid working, and fostering a culture of career development and progression? Would you like the chance to work in a collaborative culture where your ideas are valued?

An exciting Legal Assistant opportunity has arisen within the client services team at the stunning offices of our client, one of the UK's top law firms, where you will be responsible for supporting the provision of a high level of service to high profile clients within one of the major departments of the business. This is a fantastic chance to be at the heart of the business in a role which offers variety (with the chance to learn a lot) and where every day is different, getting involved in major projects, reporting, and ensuring a seamless client experience. You will get exposure to working closely and collaboratively with your team, and partners and fee earners internally as well as external stakeholders in your role.

As a Legal Assistant your new role will involve:

• Supporting the management of key accounts
• Being a first point of contact for queries relating to the management of clients
• Developing client reports, systems and procedures
• Ensuring client documentation is completed to the highest standard and to deadlines
• Supporting on major innovative projects
• Ensuring and maintaining the up-most client service

I am very interested in speaking with candidates who have experience working as a Legal Assistant; Legal Secretary; Legal Administrator, Administrative Assistant; Administrator; or Account Manager who has a passion for empathetic client care and adaptability, along with the ability to prioritise your own workload and IT skills (MS Office).

Salary for this position is £26,000.

Benefits include: hybrid working, life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.

The company's stunning offices offer free parking close by to the offices; however if you are travelling by public transport they are only a short 10-15 minutes walk from the nearest train station.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy

Job Info

• Job Title: Legal Assistant
• Company: Meridian Business Support
• Location: Maidstone, Kent
• £24000 - £27000 Per annum hybrid working, life assurance, priv
• Posted: Sep 10th 2025
• Closes: Oct 11th 2025
• Sector: Administration
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full Time