Legal Secretary Family Law

The Family team at Buckles are recruiting for a Legal Secretary who have previous experience within Family Law. The vacancy is a full-time (37.5 hours per week) permanent opportunity based in our busy and thriving Peterborough office.

Purpose of the Role:

Providing seamless legal services to clients and supporting a team of lawyers and secretaries.

Creating invoices and credit notes and completing monthly expenses.

Sending client’s receipts of monies paid by card.

Carrying out audits on lawyers’ files to ensure they are compliant with AML and SRA regulations.

Amending documents and letters and keeping the document management system updated with any changes in client’s information.

Working with Oyez Speech 7 to outsource documents, print from the ‘outsource’ tab if necessary and complete department dictations.

Providing efficient diary and email management.

Providing effective management of visitors and calls.

Handling incoming and outgoing mail.

Recording the teams Business Development activities.

Managing communication with internal and external contacts ensuring that the HODs are informed of all matters.

Preparing correspondence, presentations and documents when required.

Providing ad hoc personal administrative assistance to all.

Creating zylpha bundles when necessary.

Covering other areas of support due to holidays/absence.

Who is our ideal candidate?

Highly organised person with great administration skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Have excellent planning and prioritisation skills.

Good understanding of word for formatting, track changes etc.

Ability to perform well under pressure to meeting necessary deadlines.

Demonstrate and maintain a calm approach.

Ability to be resourceful with good time management skills.

Having pervious experience of working in Family Law as a legal assistant.

Reward and development:

Buckles recognise the success of every employee; working with you to ensure you have what you need to maximise your potential and develop your career.

Alongside a host of development, professionally and personally, we offer some fantastic benefits, of which some are listed below.

Enhanced annual leave, plus all UK Bank Holidays and your birthday off (or closest working day to your birthday without deduction from your annual leave allowance).

Vouchers for big life events, from marriage to children (grandparents included!).

A wide range of health and well-being offerings.

Private healthcare options for you and your spouse.

Free healthcare cash back plans for you and your family.

Enhanced pension – 5% contribution matched by Buckles.

Ability to buy additional holiday – up to 5 days per annum.

Cycle to work scheme.

Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary.

Enhance maternity pay.

Bereavement Support.

Employee Assistant Programme.

Paid Volunteer days.

Quarterly social events.

All employee Wellbeing days.

Electric Vehicle scheme.

Subsidised parking in a city center car park - within 5 minutes from the office.

To apply:

Please submit a CV demonstrating what skills and experience you have that is suitable for this role.

We are an equal opportunity and disability-inclusive employer, and value diversity across the firm. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or parental or caring status.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email us and add the job title in the subject line of the email.

Buckles Solicitors LLP is an award-winning firm, that provides world-class client experience and services on a comprehensive range of legal services to both businesses and individuals in the UK and internationally.

Delivering effective and cost-efficient legal solutions from our offices based in Cambridge, London, Nottingham, Peterborough, Stamford, Bristol, Swindon, Paris and Milan.

We recognise that all this is possible due to our team of highly dedicated, enthusiastic professionals across our locations. We pride ourselves on providing a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team genuinely can make a difference.

Buckles carries the LawNet Mark of Excellence and is Investor in People Gold accredited.