About the team
About the role
To provide an effective and efficient secretarial support service to the lawyers in the department, communicating effectively across departments and with clients.We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
Key Responsibilities
To produce documentation and letters as directed by fee earners.
To attend to clients by telephone and in person when required, in a professional, personable, and engaging manner.
To maintain electronic files and filing systems in an organised and efficient manner as required.
To assist fee earners with day-to-day administrative matters including but not limited to, opening new files, closing and archiving files, file organisation, billing procedures and making and managing appointments.
To carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time.
Your skills and qualifications
To be well organised, able to show initiative and work well under pressure where necessary.
To have excellent communication skills and be a real team player with a flexible and professional approach to work.
A proven record of delivering a high-quality service to both fee earners and clients.
Good IT skills, experience, and confidence with using case management systems and general Microsoft packages.
To be able to consistently demonstrate and embody the firm’s values.
Become part of the team at Freeths.
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Do we sound like a match? If you’re someone who cares deeply, communicates openly and collaborates effectively, then we’d love to have you join our diverse, inclusive team.
We are a leading full-service UK law firm, with 1,200+ freethinking colleagues all working together to make the future better for our people, clients and communities.
We are a big firm, without the attitude. We get our momentum from our guiding values – smart, bold and together.
We are friendly, straight-talking and use our expertise and integrity to deliver smart legal services and a dynamic, inclusive and rewarding experience.
Because of all this and more, we’re trusted by leading household names such as Aldi, Tarmac, Experian and Lloyds Bank, to charities, universities, private individuals – to think beyond the norm and get the best results.
For lawyers at any career stage, from ambitious undergraduates to the most seasoned professionals, we aim for Freeths to be the legal team they want to be part of. A leading firm that talent purposefully heads to. A place where reputations are earned. Careers, and friends-for-life, made. Testament to our positive culture, Freeths is listed in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For.
We’re on a mission to be our client's go-to law firm. The trusted and well-liked people they naturally turn to for legal support. From corporates, major retailers, insurance companies, financial institutions & multi-national construction & engineering companies, to entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses & SME’s – all expertly and warmly serviced by our 1,000+ people in our 13 offices: Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Oxford & Sheffield.
• Listed in The Times Best Law Firms 2024
• Legal 500 & Chambers & Partners legal guide consistent top tier ranks
• National ranking of 44 in the Top 100 UK law firm listing - The Lawyer magazine
• Winner of The Lawyer and Legal Week’s Litigation Team of the Year 2020
• Ranked 51 in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2020
• ‘Diversity Champion’ for Stonewall - charity supporting LGBTQ+ rights
