Legal Secretary/Paralegal
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Job Description
Posted on:
5 November 2026
Job Summary
As a Legal Secretary/Paralegal, you will provide reliable administrative and document support, helping legal colleagues manage information, correspondence and day-to-day tasks efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, format and proofread legal documents and correspondence, using accurate typing and audio typing where required.
- Organise files, update records and coordinate administrative tasks, keeping information accessible and work progressing smoothly.
- Use Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Outlook, and Excel to manage documents, communications and information.
- Your impact: accurate, well-organised support helps colleagues focus on legal work and respond clearly to clients.
Skills
Required: You bring strong typing and communication skills, sound organisation and time management, and practical IT capability, including confidence with Microsoft Office and its Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint applications. These skills support accurate documents, clear correspondence and dependable administration.
Preferred: Administrative experience and audio typing are advantageous, as is familiarity with organising competing tasks and maintaining accurate records. You will be comfortable learning established processes, handling information carefully and working collaboratively to support a busy legal team.
Pay: £24,500.00-£25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
Will this role count as your QWE, and who will confirm it?
Check it against the SRA’s questions in two minutes. If there is no COLP or solicitor where you work, the SRA lets a solicitor outside confirm it: an FQPS solicitor can, from £275.
