Legal Secretary
SD-12398
Posted: 09/09/2025
- £28000 to £34000 Per: annum + Benefits: life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, company social events
- Tunbridge Wells, South East,
- Permanent
Would you like a Legal Secretary role that will see you make an impact in an innovative, progressive firm that prides itself on putting its people first along with their clients, and fostering a culture of career development and progression? Would you like the chance to work in a collaborative culture where your ideas are valued?
An exciting Legal Secretary opportunity has arisen at the stunning offices of our client, one of the UK's top law firms where you will be providing support to multiple fee earners within the highly collaborative Corporate team, who get involved in a wide range of corporate matters. Your lynchpin role will encompass taking ownership of processes to ensure various legal support tasks are completed for those you support, meaning they are able to concentrate on fee earning tasks.
As a Legal Secretary your new role will involve:
I am very interested in speaking with candidates who have experience working as a Legal Secretary, or Secretary (from within a professional services environment) supporting multiple fee earners / professionals. A passion for empathetic client care and adaptability, along with the ability to prioritise your own workload and solid proof reading, audio typing / digital dictation, accuracy and IT skills (MS Office) are important for this Legal Secretary opportunity. Any experience supporting fee earners within a Corporate legal team would be of interest but isn't essential.
Salary for this position is c. £30,000 to £32,000 (depending on level of experience).
Benefits include: life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.
The company's stunning offices offer free parking close by to the offices, however if you are travelling by public transport they are only a short 10-15 minutes walk from the nearest train station.
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
An exciting Legal Secretary opportunity has arisen at the stunning offices of our client, one of the UK's top law firms where you will be providing support to multiple fee earners within the highly collaborative Corporate team, who get involved in a wide range of corporate matters. Your lynchpin role will encompass taking ownership of processes to ensure various legal support tasks are completed for those you support, meaning they are able to concentrate on fee earning tasks.
As a Legal Secretary your new role will involve:
- Working alongside business support teams (e.g. document production) internally to ensure tasks are completed to deadlines
- Producing financial reports and maintaining dashboards
- Supporting with billing processes
- Opening new clients / new matters and closing matters
- Diary management and setting up meetings, calls and appointments
- Supporting with preparing pitches and presentations
- Maintaining and updating client information on the CRM system
- Building relationships both with internal stakeholders and clients
I am very interested in speaking with candidates who have experience working as a Legal Secretary, or Secretary (from within a professional services environment) supporting multiple fee earners / professionals. A passion for empathetic client care and adaptability, along with the ability to prioritise your own workload and solid proof reading, audio typing / digital dictation, accuracy and IT skills (MS Office) are important for this Legal Secretary opportunity. Any experience supporting fee earners within a Corporate legal team would be of interest but isn't essential.
Salary for this position is c. £30,000 to £32,000 (depending on level of experience).
Benefits include: life assurance, private healthcare, Group Income Protection, your birthday off (if it falls on a working day), charity day to use each year, Employee Assistance Programme, and company social events.
The company's stunning offices offer free parking close by to the offices, however if you are travelling by public transport they are only a short 10-15 minutes walk from the nearest train station.
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
