Property Litigation Legal Secretary

Property Litigation Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary - Property LitigationBirmingham£23,000 - £28,000 A fantastic, top 100 established Birmingham firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Property Litigation team in Birmingham.Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Partners and Fee Earners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Birmingham. The role offers an enviable hybrid working option.Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Property Litigation:







- Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Commercial department.
- Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements for a lot of overseas travel for partners
- Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as managing bundles
- Plays an active role in knowledge sharing to ensure growth and development
- Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
- Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
- Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
- Communicates with Team Coordinators/Team Leaders to keep them appraised of a task's status
- Ad Hoc Admin

Skills Required:

- Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
- Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools






- IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
- Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
- Exemplary document management and filing
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
- Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members

The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate and a range of competitive benefits.





If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Birmingham, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to

▶️ Property Litigation Legal Secretary
🖊️ Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
📍 Great Britain