Legal Secretary - Employment

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Legal Secretary - Employment

  • Location: Cambridge
  • Salary: Up to £30000.00 per annum + excellent benefits and bonus per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 8 days ago

  • Sector: Administration
  • Contact: Melanie Bell
  • Contact Email: MBell@theonegroup.co.uk
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 26 December 2024
  • Job Ref: BBBH53016_1732633147

I am partnering with am award winning and top 50 Cambridge based law firm in their search for a Legal Secretary to join them. Based in Cambridge City with excellent links to the railway station and guided bus route, you will have the opportunity to join some of the best legal experts in the UK in their busy department, providing the best level of administrative support.
Working initially in the office during training, you will then have the opportunity to benefit from their hybrid working policy and an excellent salary and benefits package.
Your role will include;
Monitor fee earners in boxes daily as well as managing the in-box of junior staff when on holiday. Monitoring at regular intervals throughout each day.
Manage diaries by bringing urgent items to attention, deleting sales emails/old emails, to leave around the last 6 weeks in the In-box at any one time.
Copy any instructions or information for meetings into the appropriate calendar entry and delete.
Coordinating meetings, meeting rooms, car park spaces, lunches, dinners, transport arrangements.
Assist with BD event.
Format, paginate, number and present documents in company house style.
Proofread all work.
General PA type duties including booking restaurants and accommodation.
Accurately maintain and update client and other relevant contact details on our client database.
Respond to internal and external telephone enquiries professionally.
Proactively support other members of the secretarial team and to provide cover as and when necessary to ensure that work is completed to a high standard and meets the required deadlines.


Your skill set will likely include;
Strong proactive administration and or secretarial experience.
Positive, enthusiastic, and professional approach.
Strong attention to detail, high level organisational skills and reliable.
Self-motivated with an ability to use own initiative with a desire to learn.
Flexibility to learn and manage new things and work at pace when needed.
Ability to create positive impressions and relationships with clients.
Ability to liaise closely and seamlessly with colleagues in other offices and build good working relationships with others.


Ideally you will have worked as a legal secretary before, although this is not essential. But you will need to be organised, with excellent time management skills.
Please contact me today for further details and to discuss your application