Legal Secretary - Employment

• Location: Manchester City Centre / Hybrid - 2 days from home
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am
• 5pm (35 hours per week)
• flexible start / finish times
• Salary: Up to £32,000
• Excellent benefits package

Search is partnering with a well-established legal business in Manchester to recruit an experienced Legal Secretary.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in employment law and admin / billing on employment matters.

As a Legal Secretary, you will provide vital support to ensure their clients and colleagues receive a high-quality experience.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks.
• Assisting the fee earners with financial management e.g. disbursements, client balances, dealing with a range of client specific billing requirements.
• Create the monthly invoices to be issued to the clients.
• Diary management for all fee earners; arranging internal and external appointments and, making arrangements for meetings; booking meetings rooms or external venues as required.
• Proof reading, amending and house styling legal reports

Your Skills and Experience:

• Previous Legal Secretary experienced - preferably within employment law.
• Extensive experience in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel are required.
• Experience in case management systems
• Exceptional prioritising/organisational skills.
• Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.
• Confident in delegation of work when necessary.

Benefits of this role include:

• A competitive salary (Up to £32,000 dependant on experience)
• Hybrid working - 2 days from home
• Generous holiday entitlement (25 days increasing to 30 through length of service + 8 bank holidays)
• Flexible hours
• Life assurance - 4 x basic salary
• Healthcare cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Pension scheme
• Progressive career opportunities
• Easily accessible location with public transport links

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.