Job Description
Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant - Near Tonbridge, Kent
Competitive Salary | Free Parking | Friendly, Supportive Law Firm
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant to join a well-established and highly regarded law firm based near Tonbridge, Kent.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a professional, friendly and supportive firm with a genuine family-feel culture. The firm offers a welcoming working environment, competitive salary, free parking and excellent long-term prospects.
The Role
As a Legal Secretary / Legal Assistant, you will provide high-quality secretarial, administrative and client support to the firm's solicitors and wider legal team.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing comprehensive legal secretarial and administrative support to solicitors
- Preparing, formatting and amending legal correspondence and documentation
- Managing telephone calls, emails and client enquiries professionally
- Diary management and arranging appointments, meetings and conferences
- Opening, maintaining and closing client files
- Preparing documents and assisting with general file administration
- Audio typing and document production
- Liaising with clients, colleagues, courts and other external contacts
- Assisting with the preparation of correspondence and legal documentation
- Maintaining accurate records and ensuring files are kept up to date
- Providing general administrative support to the department
- Supporting solicitors with the smooth running of their caseloads
About You
The successful candidate will ideally have previous experience working as a Legal Secretary, Legal Assistant or Legal Administrator within a law firm.
You will be:
- Experienced in a legal secretarial or legal support role
- Highly organised and detail-oriented
- Confident with audio typing and document preparation
- Professional, personable and client-focused
- An excellent written and verbal communicator
- Able to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines
- Reliable, proactive and hardworking
- Comfortable working closely with solicitors and other legal professionals
- Confident using Microsoft Office and legal case management systems
- A team player who enjoys working within a friendly, close-knit environment
- Based within approximately a 35-minute commute of Tonbridge
What's on Offer?
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience
- Free parking
- Friendly and supportive working environment
- Genuine family-feel firm
- Opportunity to work closely with experienced solicitors
- Well-established and respected law firm
- Excellent long-term career prospects
- Supportive team culture
If you're an experienced Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant looking for your next opportunity with a friendly and professional law firm near Tonbridge, and you're within a 35-minute commute, this could be an excellent opportunity for you.
Apply now for immediate consideration.
