Legal Secretary - Industrial Disease

Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK); Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + option to buy 5 days

Pension scheme

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Income protection insurance

Job summary

Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK) in Cardiff is recruiting a Legal Secretary for its Industrial Disease team. You will provide admin support, manage files from opening to archiving, handle post, and lodge documents with courts while assisting fee earners.

Ideal candidates have legal secretary experience, fast typing, and can take instructions via speech recognition. The role offers hybrid working, a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 5 optional), and a benefits package.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable typing skills.
• Ability to take instructions via speech recognition.
• Experience as a Legal Secretary.
• Diary management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support and manage files from opening to archiving.
• Handle post and enquiries from clients, executives and external parties.
• Lodge documents with relevant courts and complete court forms when required.
• Create new client enquiries in the Practice Management System.
• Prepare letters, memoranda and conduct basic legal research.

Skills

Legal secretarial experience

Diary management

Billing support

Document lodging

Tools

Practice Management System

Job description

We are actively recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join our Industrial Disease team in Cardiff

Working alongside our fee earners, we are seeking those who can provide administrative support, ensuring effective management of files from opening to archiving, whilst also handling post, dealing with enquiries where possible from clients, executive and external parties and lodging documents with the relevant courts, completion of court forms may also be required, whilst also ensuring new client enquiries are created through our Practice Management System.

We would also be looking for those who can prepare precedent and non-precedent letters, simple and complex letters, attendances, and internal memoranda as appropriate and provide effective support, guidance and delegation to colleagues, along with conducting legal research.

Other duties would include assistance with billing requirements, maintaining financial records and bill preparation. There will also be instances whereby outstanding costs and disbursements would need to be chased, along with ensuring paying in of cheques and managing the fee earners time recording, billing and debtor management.

Ideally we are looking for those with previous experience as a Legal Secretary, who have demonstrable typing skills, taking instruction through speech recognition and managing multiple diaries.

What We Offer In Return

We offer a hybrid working environment, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday allowance plus the option to purchase an extra 5 days, pension scheme, health cash plan, life assurance and income protection insurance. The opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with an award- winning law firm.

Who are we?

Slater and Gordon are a leading consumer law firm, and our mission is to give people easier access to world class legal services. We are a legal services business powered by technology and led by people that support customers in every step of their case.

Client service is at the heart of Slater and Gordon and we take pride in the impressive headlines we generate, demonstrating our range of work and the relentless pursuit of justice by our Solicitors.

At Slater and Gordon Lawyers we are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. So, we’re building a culture where difference is valued. Our culture motivates our employees to give their full selves to the job and invest in the company’s future. Our people see value in their work and are eager to do well in their roles. Our values ensure that all our employees are working towards the same goals.

Your Professional Development

We will also support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.

The Company

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.

Legal Secretary - Industrial Disease