Legal Secretary – Family

Position: Legal Secretary – Family (Permanent)
This Legal Secretary role sits right at the centre of a busy, high-impact family and childcare practice.

You’ll be the engine behind a senior Partner, keeping complex matters moving, protecting momentum, and making sure nothing important slips through the cracks. If you enjoy being relied upon, trusted, and genuinely integral to the success of a legal team, this role delivers that in spades.

What’s in it for you:

Two days of remote working per week once probation is successfully completed
Competitive base salary with annual appraisals and regular salary reviews
Generous annual leave starting at 23 days plus bank holidays, increasing with service
Pension scheme with employer contributions and optional Benenden Private Health Care
Firm-provided laptop, strong IT support, and ongoing training and development
A collaborative, professional culture with bi-annual firmwide social events
What you’ll be getting stuck into as a Legal Secretary:

Managing the Partner’s inbox, correspondence flow, and priority client communications
Drafting client emails and legal correspondence for review and approval
Coordinating diaries, hearings, Counsel bookings, and internal cover
Allocating and tracking work across the wider support team to keep matters progressing
Producing accurate legal documents from audio dictation
Handling client, Counsel, and third-party liaison with professionalism and discretion
What you’ll bring to the table as a Legal Secretary:

Previous experience supporting fee-earners within family or childcare law
Strong audio typing skills with speed and accuracy
Proven experience managing complex diaries and competing priorities
Confident use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and related systems
Experience handling sensitive and confidential legal information
If you’re ready to step into a trusted, high-responsibility Legal Secretary position where your organisation and judgement genuinely matter, this is one worth moving on.

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