Private Client Legal PA Team Lead

Career Legal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Legal, a leading city law firm, is seeking an experienced Legal PA Team Leader to join its Private Client practice. You will lead and support a team of Legal PAs, ensuring a consistently high standard of administrative and secretarial support to Partners and fee earners while providing hands-on PA work as needed.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy private client environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of Legal PAs in a law firm.
• Experience supervising or mentoring legal support staff.
• Deep knowledge of legal secretarial procedures and supporting Partners.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Confidentiality and discretion when handling sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and motivate a team of Legal PAs, ensuring workloads are allocated effectively and service standards are consistently maintained.
• Oversee day-to-day operations within the PA team, monitoring capacity, workflow and priorities to ensure appropriate coverage across the department.
• Provide high-level PA support to Partners and fee earners within the Private Client practice, including complex diary management, inbox management and correspondence.
• Act as a key liaison between the PA team, Partners, fee earners and other business services functions.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding, training and ongoing development of Legal PAs, encouraging knowledge-sharing and best practice.
• Conduct regular check-ins and provide constructive feedback, guidance and support to team members.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes, increase efficiency and enhance the service provided to fee earners and clients.
• Manage escalations and resolve workload or resourcing challenges proactively and professionally.
• Ensure the team adheres to firm policies, procedures and confidentiality requirements, particularly when handling sensitive client and financial information.
• Support the implementation of new systems, processes and working practices where required.
• Provide flexible team cover during periods of absence or increased workload, ensuring continuity of service across the department.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Diary management

Communication

Time management

Discretion

Tools

MS Office

Legal DMS

Job description

Career Legal, a leading city law firm, is seeking an experienced Legal PA Team Leader to join its Private Client practice. You will lead and support a team of Legal PAs, ensuring a consistently high standard of administrative and secretarial support to Partners and fee earners while providing hands-on PA work as needed.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy private client environment.