Legal Secretary

We are actively recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join our Serious Injury team in Birmingham. Working alongside our fee earners, we are seeking those who can provide administrative support, ensuring effective management of files from opening to archiving, whilst also handling post, dealing with enquiries where possible from clients, executive and external parties and lodging documents with the relevant courts, completion of court forms may also be required, whilst also ensuring new client enquiries are created through our Practice Management System. We would also be looking for those who can prepare precedent and non-precedent letters, simple and complex letters, attendances, and internal memoranda as appropriate and provide effective support, guidance and delegation to colleagues, along with conducting legal research. Other duties would include assistance with billing requirements, maintaining financial records and bill preparation. There will also be instances whereby outstanding costs and disbursements would need to be chased, along with ensuring paying in of cheques and managing the fee earners time recording, billing and debtor management. Ideally we are looking for those with previous experience as a Legal Secretary, who have demonstrable typing skills, taking instruction through speech recognition and managing multiple diaries. Please note that this role will be remote working, however, travel may be required to our office in Birmingham or Manchester (for the latter this would strictly be on an as-and-when basis). What we offer in return: We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits: 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidaysBuy and sell annual leave up to 5 daysEmployee Referral schemeGroup Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme)Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much moreEmployee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessionsGroup Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of a qualifying illness or injuryHealth and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much moreLife Assurance coverWorkplace pensionBenefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street storesDental InsuranceFree legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services Your Professional Development We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources. Our Values Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values. How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

• We do what we say we will
• We don’t wait we create
• We own it, we sort it
• We respect and encourage each other
• We make time to live The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews. For further information, please contact SL.Baylis@slatergordon.ukPlease Note - Vacancies may close prior to the expiry date displayed, subject to volume of applications received.