Family Law Secretary
Location: Huddersfield, Barnsley, South Elmsall or Leeds
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Working pattern: Hybrid working available
SJC Partners is recruiting on behalf of a growing and well-established law firm seeking an experienced Family Law Secretary to join its supportive, close-knit family team.
The role may be based at the firm’s Huddersfield, Barnsley, South Elmsall or Leeds office. Please note that an initial two-week training period will take place at the Barnsley office.
You will provide high-quality secretarial and administrative support to the firm’s family law team, helping lawyers deliver an excellent standard of service to clients.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing typing and administrative support to fee earners in a busy, fast-paced environment
- Arranging new client appointments
- Answering telephone calls and communicating with clients, solicitors and other external contacts
- Using digital dictation and the firm’s case management system
- Assisting with the creation and maintenance of precedents
- Attending regular team meetings and suggesting improvements to administrative processes
- Liaising with other members of the administration team
- Maintaining the confidentiality and security of client and firm information
- Undertaking other reasonable administrative duties when required
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience within a family law department at a firm of solicitors, or other closely related experience
- Strong typing and digital dictation skills
- A professional and confident telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and workload-management skills
- The ability to prioritise work for multiple fee earners
- A high level of autonomy and self-motivation
- A proactive, efficient and flexible approach
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate empathetically with clients
- The ability to work effectively as part of a close-knit team
Benefits
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience
- Hybrid working available
- Support for a healthy work-life balance
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- Additional annual leave for long service
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Two half-day “Life Admin Days”
- Health scheme
- Pension scheme
- Christmas parties and team get-togethers
If the above opportunity sounds of interest, please get in touch with Ashleigh at SJC Partners.
