Legal Secretary

Herrington Carmichael LLP; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Staff bonus

Free parking

Benefits package

Job summary

Herrington Carmichael Ltd in Farnborough seeks a Legal Secretary for the Family Department. You will support fee earners by producing court bundles, handling enquiries, and keeping documents in order.

The role emphasizes accuracy, organisation, and proactive administration, with opportunities to learn and grow within a friendly, professional firm.

Qualifications

• Excellent administrative skills and accuracy under fast pace.
• Highly organised with ability to prioritise multiple fee earners and deadlines.
• Proactive approach, communicates progress and meets deadlines.
• IT literate; able to learn and apply firm systems and changes.
• Good compliance knowledge, including anti-money laundering.
• Strong client service skills and ability to upsell where appropriate.
• Excellent communication and rapport-building with clients and colleagues.
• Family law experience is desirable; other areas considered.

Responsibilities

• Producing court bundles and briefs to counsel.
• Dealing with client enquiries in person and by phone.

Skills

Excellent administrative skills

Highly organised

Proactive approach

IT literate

Compliance knowledge

Excellent client service

Strong communication skills

Family law experience desirable

Commercial awareness

Job description

Herrington Carmichael Ltd is an award winning, Legal 500 ranked, full-service law firm which is growing fast. We advise UK and international businesses and individuals, and pride ourselves on providing long term support to our clients.

We have a full-time vacancy for a Legal Secretary to join our Family Department. This role is part of a support team that provides secretarial and administrative support to our fee earners, ensuring they can focus on the legal work and provide an efficient, friendly and professional service to our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Producing court bundles and preparing briefs to counsel
• Dealing with client enquiries both in person and by phone

Skills and experience:

• Excellent administrative skills – able to maintain accuracy and work at fast pace
• Highly organised – able to manage and correctly prioritise own workload, able to manage work from multiple fee earners, demonstrates an understanding of urgency and importance
• Demonstrates a proactive approach e.g. performs routine / agreed tasks without prompting, keeps fee earners informed on administrative work in progress, maintains an awareness of department deadlines and reminds fee earners to assist others in working to deadlines – proactive but in line with the scope of their role
• IT literate and willing – able to learn and utilise systems fully in line with Firm guidelines, open to and able to champion system developments and implement change.
• Good compliance knowledge – familiarity with anti-money laundering requirements
• Excellent client service skills – demonstrates a high standard of client care, ability to control new enquiry calls and obtain relevant information from clients & upselling where appropriate, in an efficient but friendly manner.
• Strong communication skills – with the ability to build rapport, demonstrate a professional approach and give and receive feedback constructively
• Previous experience of Family law is desirable – legal secretarial experience of other areas of law will be considered.
• Good commercial awareness – understands the importance of efficiency, completing work within timescales set, quality of work, compliance with policies / procedures etc in delivering a service to our clients and maximising fees and profitability

The Perks:

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Support Staff Bonus
• Free car parking for your convenience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including a pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, 25 days holiday plus an additional day for Christmas closure and Perkbox benefits.
• The opportunity to learn and grow within a supportive and dynamic team.

Herrington Carmichael is dedicated to fostering a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to fair and transparent recruitment processes. Reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities are available upon request. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce drives innovation and success.