Legal Secretary

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm based in the heart of Edinburgh seeks a Legal Secretary to provide high-quality secretarial support to partners and fee earners. This role involves diary management, document preparation, and liaising with various teams. Ideal candidates will have previous legal secretary experience and thrive in fast-paced settings. The position offers a flexible working arrangement with benefits including 25 days holiday and a cycle-to-work scheme.

Benefits

Working from home a few days per week

Cycle to work scheme

25 days holiday

Loyalty awards

Qualifications

• Proven ability to provide high-quality secretarial services.
• Experience in diary and email management.
• Skilled in document formatting and amendment.

Responsibilities

• Amending and formatting agreements/documents as required.
• Diary and email management for your Partners and fee earners.
• Organising meetings and travel arrangements.
• Copy-typing and digital dictation as required.
• Assisting with billing/finance tasks.
• Managing workflow to the Document & Design Centre, Print Room, etc.
• Handling client enquiries as needed.
• Processing expenses on Chrome River promptly.
• Liaising with Business Development, Marketing, Events and Finance teams.

Skills

Previous experience as a legal secretary

Previous experience in a legal environment

Able to work in a fast-paced environment

Job description

Sewell Wallis is extremely excited to be working with a leading law firm based in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland. Due to expansion, they're looking to recruit a Legal Secretary.

This Legal Secretary role will provide a high-quality and efficient secretarial service to partners, fee earners and trainee solicitors.

What will you be doing?

• Amending and formatting agreements/documents as required
• Diary and email management for your Partners and fee earners
• Organising meetings and travel arrangements
• Copy‑typing and digital dictation as required
• Assisting with Billing/Finance tasks
• Managing workflow to the Document & Design Centre, Print Room, etc, as required; proactively taking steps to ensure work is returned within required timescales
• Handling client enquiries as and when required
• Processing expenses on Chrome River promptly
• Liaison with Business Development, Marketing, Events and Finance Teams with a view to supporting them on specific team‑based tasks

What skills are we looking for?

• Previous experience as a legal secretary
• Previous experience in a legal environment
• Able to work in a fast‑paced environment

What's in it for you?

• Working from home a few days per week.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 25 days holiday.
• Loyalty awards.

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Lewis Walker.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.