Legal Secretary

Eventus Legal are seeking a Legal Secretary to join a highly successful Employment and Litigation team in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. This is a permanent job that can be worked on a full-time or part-time basis. The successful Legal Secretary will be rewarded with great benefits including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid working and flexibility over hours.

Role responsibilities

Due to expansion, the Legal Secretary will be providing secretarial and administrative support to the Litigation and Employment team, encompassing such duties as:

• Opening files on practice management system
• Obtaining ID, conducting AML searches and media checks etc.
• Preparing prescribed forms
• Preparing documentation relevant to client matters
• Creating paying in slips and requisitioning payments
• Greeting visitors to the office
• Corresponding with clients and/or other law firms by email, letter, or telephone
• Photocopying
• Preparing invoices
• Closing files on practice management system

Person specification

Applications are sought from Legal Secretaries with prior experience. Ideally you will have experience in Litigation and/or employment but this is not essential. You will have excellent audio typing skills and will be used to working in an environment involving court work.

Benefits and Rewards

The successful Legal Secretary will be joining an incredibly supportive and successful full-service law firm located in modern offices in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

They are offering a generous salary (negotiable depending on experience) and host of other benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays rising with service and the option to buy/sell
• Additional day of leave for your birthday
• Salary sacrifice company pension (5% employer contribution rising with service)
• Hybrid working (1 or 2 days per week)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted legal services
• Life insurance

Above all they offer a flexible, team spirited, friendly working environment that rewards you for your hard work.

About the Company

The firm is a highly successful law firm, with a client base tracking back decades. The firm is growing is one of the strongest names in the Newcastle legal market, having won many awards over the past years.

Next Steps

Apply now to be considered for this career enhancing job opportunity. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion about this Legal Secretary job, please send your CV to Amy Watson at the Eventus Recruitment Group via email at or phone for a confidential discussion.

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact me at the details above for a confidential discussion on your career.

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