Legal Secretary

Elite Personnel; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Huddersfield is looking for a skilled Legal Secretary for a permanent position. The successful candidate will support fee earners, manage client communications, and ensure confidentiality. Excellent team environment and hybrid working conditions are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Team working environment

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Residential or Commercial Property is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritize workload is needed.

Responsibilities

• Handling client telephone calls, enquiries, and requests.
• Organizing digital and physical files, and managing important dates.
• Drafting and filing SDLT returns online as directed.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Time management

Word processing

Job description

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Elite Personnel

Permanent Huddersfield, Hybrid Posted 2 months ago

Are you an experienced Legal Secretary seeking a new permanent job? Would you like a role offering hybrid working? Is central Huddersfield, West Yorkshire convenient for you? If so, this could be just the job for you!

Your duties as Legal Secretary will include:

Handling client telephone calls, enquiries and requests by taking messages, making appointments or assisting clients where possible

Working closely with Commercial Property Fee Earner to organise digital and physical files, original documents and keeping track of important key dates on matters

Working with Fee Earners in general conduct of cases, including filing, typing from digital dictation, photocopying when required

Dealing with incoming emails and post and organising the same or replying as appropriate

Drafting and filing SDLT returns online and as directed

To ensure that post-completion duties (ie; Companies House registrations, SDLT submissions, ordering indemnity Policies where applicable etc) are undertaken

Undertaking exchanges and completions

Ensuring confidentiality of the company and client documentation and information

Supporting other secretaries as required

You will have:

Previous experience in Residential or Commercial Property

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise your own workload

Good word processing skills

In return, our client offers a fantastic benefits packaging, outstanding team working environment and is superbly located within the centre of Huddersfield.

If you are interested, please call Deborah IMMEDIATELY on 01274 865878 to discuss further or click on the link to apply

Elite Personnel Services Limited is an equal opportunities employer acting as an Employment Agency in the case of work-seekers for permanent positions, and as an Employment Business in the case of work-seekers for temporary positions and it is our policy to treat job applicants, employees and workers in the same way, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnic origin or disability.

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Job CategoryLegal Job LevelFull-timeJob CodeEP6376 LocationHuddersfield Salary£23,000 - £27,000 pa Posted Date08/04/2025

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