Legal Secretary Commercial Property (full-time) - Nottingham

Elliot Mather LLP; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm based in Nottingham seeks a full-time Legal Secretary to support their Commercial Property Department. The successful candidate will handle audio and copy typing, along with various administrative tasks. This role requires excellent audio typing skills, proficiency in MS Word, and strong interpersonal abilities. Benefits include employee discounts, generous holiday entitlement, and support for professional development.

Benefits

Employee discounts with 900+ retailers

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous annual holiday entitlement, including a day off for your birthday

Support for professional study/qualifications

Qualifications

• Excellent audio typing skills, ideally in a legal environment.
• Organised and systematic approach.
• Ability to work under pressure, alone or in a team.

Responsibilities

• Support the Commercial Property Department with administrative duties.
• Perform audio and copy typing tasks.
• Interface with clients in person and by phone.

Skills

Audio typing

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

English language proficiency

Tools

BigHand digital dictation system

MS Word

Job description

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Legal Secretary Commercial Property (full-time) - Nottingham

• Posted June 23rd 2025 at 7:40am

We are now inviting applications for an opportunity to join the Practice as a Legal Secretarybased at our office in the centre of Nottingham.

In this full-time role, you will be supporting our Commercial Property Department with general office / administrative duties, including audio and copy typing using the ‘BigHand’ digital dictation system.

You will need…

Excellent audio typing skills, ideally but not necessarily gained in a legal environment

An organised, systematic approach

The ability to work well under pressure, either alone or as part of a team

Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface with clients in person and/or by telephone

Experience using MS Word together with well-developed English language skills (essential) as you will be producing large numbers of highly detailed legal documents and case file notes.

Benefits will include:

Online rewards & recognition platform, including employee discounts with 900+ retailers

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous annual holiday entitlement, including a day off for your birthday and over Christmas period

Genuine career opportunities in a fast-growing practice where ‘work/life’ balance really matters

A friendly and professional office environment located in with good access to local amenities and transport connections.

Support for professional study/qualifications, where appropriate, with excellent career development opportunities.

Elliot Mather LLP is one of the foremost legal firms in the East Midlands, employing around 180 colleagues across our offices in Chesterfield, Mansfield, Derby and Nottingham.

We are an equal opportunities employer and fully committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our employees.

It is Elliot Mather policy that we do not include salaries in our recruitment advertisements, so any consultancy / agency statements regarding the wage / salary for this vacancy should be read with caution.

Please send us your up to date CV together with a covering letter that includes details of your current salary and benefits package, and notice period (where applicable) by email to:[e-mail]

Elliot Mather LLP maintains professional indemnity insurance in accordance with the rules of the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Details of the insurers and the territorial coverage of the policy are available for inspection at our offices.

Registered Office: St. Mary's Court, St. Mary's Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, S41 7TD

VAT Number: 126 3019 03

Regulatory Notice: Elliot Mather LLP is a limited liability partnership. Partnership number OC321320.