Job Details

Legal Secretary – Personal Injury Department, Ref: LS/PI/HB/Sept 15

Leigh Day is urgently seeking a Legal Secretary, to assist a Partner within our Personal Injury department. The successful applicant will hold a responsible position providing secretarial and litigation support to the Partner.

Leigh Day is a specialist law firm with some of the country's leading personal injury, employment and discrimination, clinical negligence, product liability, international and human rights teams. The Chambers guide to the legal profession 2012 describes "This firm remains at the cutting edge of personal injury work." To learn more about our Personal Injury Department please use this link Personal Injury Department

The role involves providing secretarial and litigation support to the Partner. The role involves producing accurate documents from dictation, drafting letters and emails, effective utilising of our case management system and various other general administrative support within a busy, fast paced environment.

The successful applicant will be reliable, organised and must have fast and accurate audio and copy typing skills (approx. 70wpm). The ideal candidate will be computer literate with up-to-date word and excel skills, possess excellent standard of spoken and written English. S/he should be able to produce work accurately, promptly and efficiently and work with initiative whilst maintaining a flexible and responsible approach. S/he must have good attendance and timekeeping skills.

To download the Job Description please visit our website http://www.leighday.co.uk/Careers/Secretarial-and-Administrative-Support.

Start Date:                          ASAP

Contract:                             Permanent

Salary:                                Competitive

Location:                             London

Closing Date:                      11 October, 2015, (Sunday)

To apply, please return the following documents to jobs@leighday.co.uk by 11 October, 2015, (Sunday).             

• A covering letter clearly stating a) why you are interested in this role, b) how your experience and skills match the role requirements, c) your current salary details and d) applicable current notice period.  
• A copy of your up-to-date CV.
• The completed application form and Equality and Diversity form (To download the Application Form, please visit our website  http://www.leighday.co.uk/Careers/Secretarial-and-Administrative-Support.).

Unfortunately failure to return all the above requested documents will result in your application not being considered.

Leigh Day is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. A copy of the Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request.