Legal Team Assistant

Burges Salmon LLP; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Scotland is looking for an experienced Legal Team Assistant to join their Edinburgh office. The successful candidate will enjoy top-class training and a tailored career development programme. Responsibilities include providing administrative support, while the firm promotes a collaborative environment and offers an excellent rewards package. Applicants should have strong backgrounds in administration, excellent communication skills, and a willingness to learn. Join us to contribute to a supportive and innovative workplace.

Benefits

Firm-wide bonus scheme

Discounted local gym membership

Free health check with BUPA

Contribution to annual eye tests and cost of glasses

Skills

Strong background in administration

Excellent communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Enthusiasm and willingness to learn

Good attention to detail

Team player

Job description

Are you an experienced administrator seeking a new challenge, or an assistant looking for your next move? Look no further! We're recruiting a Legal Team Assistant to join our Edinburgh office. This role offers top-class training, a tailored career development programme, and a competitive salary.

What do we offer you

• The opportunity to work with some of the UK's leading lawyers on interesting work.
• A collaborative and friendly environment. We respect and recognise every single one of our people for what they do.
• Support on your professional and personal development.
• A brilliant rewards package including a firm-wide bonus scheme, discounted local gym membership, free health check with BUPA and contribution to annual eye tests and cost of glasses.

What we're looking for

• Strong background in administration, ideally within professional services.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
• Good attention to detail
• A great team player

About Burges Salmon

Our six core values – Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect – are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the "working at Burges Salmon" section of our careers page.

We are delighted to have been named RollOnFriday's "Best Law Firm to Work At" 2025, for the fourth year in a row, and also named as one of "The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2023". Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us Platinum certification for investment in people.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

For any questions regarding the role, or to discuss any reasonable adjustments, please contact Katarina Athanasakos at [e-mail].

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