Legal Secretary

Blue Legal; Leicester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Legal, a leading UK law firm, is seeking an experienced Secretary to join its Commercial Property team in Leicester. The role focuses on providing high-quality secretarial and administrative support to fee earners in a busy, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities include formatting and amending legal documents, transcribing and proofreading correspondence, audio typing, and assisting with file openings and general document management to ensure deadlines are met.

Qualifications

• Previous secretarial experience, ideally within a law firm or Commercial Property/Real Estate team, with strong document management, formatting and typing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to fee earners across the Commercial Property team.
• Manage, format and amend legal documents, ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout.
• Transcribe and proofread letters, emails and other correspondence to a high standard.
• Undertake audio typing and prepare documents and correspondence efficiently and accurately.
• Support file opening procedures, including ID checks and the preparation of client care letters.
• Manage scanning, pagination, photocopying and general document management requirements.
• Provide wider administrative support to the team, effectively prioritising tasks and ensuring deadlines are met.

Skills

Secretarial experience

Audio typing

Attention to detail

Microsoft Word

Tools

Microsoft Word

Legal document management software

Job description

A leading UK law firm is seeking an experienced Secretary to join its Commercial Property team in Leicester.

This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and detail-oriented professional to provide high-quality secretarial and administrative support to a busy team of fee earners within a collaborative and supportive environment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to fee earners across the Commercial Property team.
• Manage, format and amend legal documents, ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout.
• Transcribe and proofread letters, emails and other correspondence to a high standard.
• Undertake audio typing and prepare documents and correspondence efficiently and accurately.
• Support file opening procedures, including ID checks and the preparation of client care letters.
• Manage scanning, pagination, photocopying and general document management requirements.
• Provide wider administrative support to the team, effectively prioritising tasks and ensuring deadlines are met.

The Candidate:

• Previous secretarial experience, ideally within a law firm or Commercial Property/Real Estate team, with strong document management, formatting and typing skills.