Legal Secretary Team Leader

IP Support, The Law Support Group; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist law firm seeks a Legal Secretarial Team Leader to manage a team of secretaries, ensuring effective support for fee earners. This role involves mentoring, managing workloads, conducting reviews, and fostering team development. Ideal candidates will possess a senior secretarial background and a proven track record in team leadership within the legal sector.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior secretarial role.
• Background in dispute resolution is highly desirable.
• Track record in leading a secretarial team.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach secretarial team members.
• Monitor workloads and allocate tasks appropriately.
• Conduct performance reviews and appraisals.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Team Management

Performance Monitoring

Education

Senior Secretarial Background

Job description

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We are working with a leading specialist law firm in their search for a Legal Secretarial Team Leader. Alongside some secretarial duties, the role will be responsible for managing a team of secretaries who support a busy team of fee earners.

You will:

• mentor and coach the team
• monitor workloads and allocate work accordingly
• be the first point of contact for fee earners for any team absences
• check-in with fee earners to discuss feedback and relay this to the individual secretaries
• conduct 1-1s, appraisals, and reviews with team members
• attend weekly TL meetings
• deliver daily feedback to the team
• ensure new team members are successfully integrated and trained
• monitor any conduct or performance issues and handle according to the firm's HR policies
• identify a deputy for each period of TL absence
• provide support with other activities like ongoing projects
• be involved in recruiting new secretaries
• be involved in the salary review process

You should have senior secretarial background, ideally within dispute resolution and be able to demonstrate an excellent track record leading a secretarial team.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Legal Services

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