Legal Secretary

Thrive Group; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Legal Secretary to join a Conveyancing team in Trowbridge. The role involves providing secretarial services, managing diaries, and ensuring document flow. Ideal candidates will have previous legal secretarial experience and strong communication skills. The position is full-time, Monday to Friday, offering competitive salary and 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Full-time hours

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Understanding of the need for confidentiality.
• Able to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Planning time and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial services to residential property fee earners.
• Ensure smooth flow of documents and correspondence.
• Manage fee earners' diaries and organize meetings.

Skills

Previous experience as a legal secretary

Excellent communication skills

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Proficient IT skills

Well-organised and conscientious approach

Tools

MS Office

Legal databases

Job description

Thrive Group are delighted to be working in partnership with a legal firm in Frome who are actively seeking to recruit a Legal Secretary to join the Conveyancing team on a permanent basis.

What you will be doing:

• Provide secretarial services to residential property fee earners within the team.
• Ensure the smooth flow of documents and correspondence in and out of the conveyancing department.
• Typing all necessary documents from hand‑written notes or by transcribing digital dictation.
• Scan, email and fax correspondence and documents as required.
• Undertake file management including opening files, photocopying, and filing all relevant documents.
• Field calls and, if necessary, routing calls and taking messages.
• Manage fee earners' diaries, organising internal and external meetings.
• Support other members of the team in the performance of their duties.

What you will need to succeed:

• Previous experience as a legal secretary and understanding of the need for confidentiality.
• Well‑organised, careful, conscientious approach.
• Able to work under pressure and to deadlines, planning time and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Proficient IT skills, including MS Office and legal databases.

What you will receive in return:

• Monday to Friday 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM – full time 35 hours per week.
• Holiday 28 days + bank holidays.
• Salary competitive (DOE).

What you will need to do next:

If this position sounds of interest and you would like to be considered, please contact Sarah at Thrive Group on phone number removed or email email removed.

Thrive Group are acting as an employment agency in relationship to this vacancy. If you have not heard from a consultant within 7 days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.