Secretary, Administrative​/Clerical

Role: Secretary
Location: Leighton Buzzard
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am 5.30pm
Salary: £30,000

An excellent opportunity has now arisen for an experienced Secretary to join a busy and well-established legal team. This is a highly administrative role where accuracy, organisation and strong typing skills are key.

Who are we?

You will be supporting a specialist legal function, working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure documentation and processes are managed efficiently and accurately.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Workplace pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Perks at Work and colleague discount schemes

Duties of a Secretary:

• Typing and amending leases and other legal documentation
• Preparing reports, completion statements and professional correspondence
• Administering car parking licences
• Completing Stamp Duty Land Tax forms online
• Processing BACS requests and cheque requisitions
• Updating schedules, terriers and legal accruals
• Liaising with the Accounts department, other branches and solicitors offices
• Managing telephone enquiries and general correspondence
• Maintaining archive files and undertaking manual filing
• Managing daily post and general office administration
• Supporting the wider team with ad hoc administrative tasks as required

What we would like from you:

• Excellent typing skills, with the majority of the role focused on document preparation and amendments
• Highly organised with the ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload
• Strong IT skills, particularly across Microsoft Office
• Confident written and verbal communication skills
• Previous legal or property-related experience would be advantageous, but is not essential

If you are interested in this role, please apply below with your most recent CV.
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If you d like this positioned slightly differently (e.g. more admin-led, more legal-focused, or broadened for strong secretaries without legal exposure), happy to refine it further