Legal Secretary

Kennedys; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm is seeking a Legal Secretary for their Birmingham office. This role involves managing court documents, liaising with teams, and performing general office duties. Candidates should have previous secretarial experience, a competent knowledge of legal practice, and proficiency in office software. The firm fosters a supportive culture, values diversity, and offers various development opportunities, making it an attractive workplace for motivated individuals.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive work culture

Support for diversity and equity

Qualifications

• Must have previous secretarial experience, ideally in a legal setting.
• Competent knowledge about legal practice is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritise tasks for the fee-earning team.
• Access and store reports and documents.
• Take and record accurate messages.
• Attend to clients in a professional manner.

Skills

Previous secretarial experience

Legal practice knowledge

Proficient in word processing/office software

Job description

Kennedys is looking for a Legal Secretary to join our Birmingham office. The role will include working on court documents, identifying key dates/deadlines, liaising with team to complete client returns and general office admin duties.

Team

Kennedys Healthcare division advise the NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and medical malpractice insurers of private hospitals, clinics and practitioners on EL/PL and clinical negligence claims. The team advise on medical insurance coverage, health law advice, and regulatory matters and represent clients at inquests and judicial reviews. The team have a presence across our London, Cambridge, Birmingham and some of our global offices.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and prioritise tasks according to urgency for fee earning team
• Access and store copy reports, correspondence and documents produced by the Document Production Team
• Seek to develop knowledge of the team practice area, learning how it operates and adhering to it
• Take and record accurate messages and pass on to the appropriate person and without unnecessary delay
• Attend to clients both on the telephone and in person in a professional manner.

Required experience

• Previous secretarial experience
• Competent knowledge about legal practice
• Proficient in word processing/office software

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer-to-peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.