Legal PA

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment

Posted 10 days ago, valid for 11 days

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

£26,000 - £31,200 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The role is for a Junior Legal PA at a top 100 firm in Leeds, offering a salary between £24,000 and £27,000.
Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience in a law firm as a Legal Admin, Secretary, or PA.
The position involves various tasks such as document management, diary management, and supporting events.
Key skills required include strong organizational abilities, attention to detail, and proficiency in applications like Outlook and Word.
The firm provides 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays and other competitive benefits.

Junior Legal PALeeds - Hybrid£24,000 - £27,000 A fantastic, top 100 firm in Leeds, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add a Junior Legal PA to their already impressive Litigation team on a full time basis. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Junior Legal PA will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, fee earners and partners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal PA Duties in Leeds. This role is suitable to for someone aspiring to pursue a Legal PA career. Duties and responsibilities of the Junior Legal PA:

Scanning correspondence and documents
Typing correspondence and formatting documents
File management (e-filing and hard copy filing)
Conflict checks
Opening new clients and matters and creating letters of engagement
Supporting with events – managing room bookings and catering requests
Diary management
Answering the telephone
Audio typing (not essential)
Financial hygiene
Raising invoices
Writing off and/or transferring time
Closing files
Assisting with various other tasks, as required.

Skills Required:

At least 1 years experience in a law firm as a Legal Admin / Secretary or PA
Ability to maintain high standards whilst carrying out day to day tasks
Great organisational skills
Good attention to detail and comfortable with numbers
Good keyboard skills and knowledge of various applications, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Active listener
Effective communicator
Ability to work on your own / self-motivated
Ability to engage with key stakeholders
Friendly, positive, enthusiastic and ‘can do’ attitude
Professional
Discretion and integrity
Have the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
Team player

The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an aspiring Legal PA, based in or near Leeds, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to

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