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