Legal Assistant/Secretary - Corporate and Commercial Law

IDEAL PERSONNEL; Bedford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal services firm in Bedford is seeking a Legal Assistant/Secretary to join their Corporate and Commercial team. This full-time role involves handling client communications, managing the diaries and inboxes of fee-earners, and dealing with administrative tasks. The ideal candidate should have excellent attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and advanced IT skills, especially in Microsoft Office. The firm promotes a friendly culture and offers competitive salaries and a great work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonuses for hard work

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexibility in work/life balance

Birthday Off & Voucher

Pension plan

Life insurance

Income protection

Vitality health insurance

Medicash healthcare cash plan

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules is advantageous.
• Excellent IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office.
• Great time management skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Take calls from clients and pass messages to fee-earners.
• Handle administration aspects of client matters.
• Keep fee earners updated on task progress.
• Manage diaries and inboxes.
• Manage electronic documents sent to and from external parties.

Skills

Excellent attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Time management skills

Self-motivated

Outgoing

Proactive

Calm under pressure

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Legal Assistant/Secretary - Corporate and Commercial Law

Full time, Permanent Bedford Competitive Ref No: IPRS7414

Our client has a permanent, full-time vacancy for a talented, friendly and enthusiastic individual to join their firm as a Team Assistant within their Corporate and Commercial team. They pride themselves on a friendly, approachable attitude towards staff and clients. They offer competitive salaries, flexible working and genuine progression opportunities, supporting you to achieve your goals, whilst maintaining a great work/life balance.

Responsibilities

• Taking calls from clients, passing messages to fee-earners
• Dealing with the administration aspects of client matters
• Keeping fee earners up to date on the progress of tasks
• Managing diaries and inboxes
• Managing electronic documents sent to and from external parties

Requirements

• It is advantageous to have a good understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Advanced IT skills including Microsoft Office
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and communication skills
• Great time management skills
• Self‑motivated, outgoing and proactive
• Calm under pressure

Benefits

• Pay. They value their employees, their salaries reflect this.
• Bonus. They recognise and reward for all of your hard work.
• Holidays. 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Flexibility. What does work/life balance look like to you? They are open to your suggestions.
• Birthday Off & Voucher. No one wants to work on their birthday. Take the day off and go shopping!
• Pension. To help out your future self.
• Life insurance. Support for your loved ones, just in case.
• Income protection. If you get sick, they guarantee a % of your salary for up to 2 years.
• Vitality health insurance. They support you to be your happy and healthy self! (Free coffees, cinema tickets or even an Apple Watch are also a nice touch).
• Medicash healthcare cash plan. We all hate the dentist, at least you don’t have to pay for it. That amongst many other everyday healthcare needs, all covered.
• Wellbeing support. They’re passionate about wellbeing, including Calm premium, 24/7 employee helpline and general lifestyle assistance.

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so.

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