Legal Secretary

Thrings • Full-time • Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, GB • 20h ago

We are Thrings; a successful full-service law firm with sector expertise in Agriculture, Banking & Finance, Development of Land, Private Client and Business Growth across a number of practice areas, managing high quality work. We are proud to be ranked in many areas by the Legal 500 and Chambers, due to our client-centric approach.

Our welcoming and inclusive culture provides an attractive place to work.

About the role

We are looking for a Legal Secretary to join our Real Estate team in our Ross-on-Wye office. You will become part of a wider, integrated and growing Commercial Property team, recognised in both Chambers and Legal 500. In this role, you will support our fee earners across a broad range of real estate matters, including agricultural work.

Day to day, you will have a varied caseload, including:

Delivering a secretarial and administrative service, including diary management, opening new matters, scanning, archiving, photocopying, managing files, and some audiotyping
Supporting Fee Earners and client relationships by taking client enquiries over the phone and via email, managing post and responding or progressing matters as appropriate
Managing compliance, records and processes, including file opening, KYC procedures, document control, archiving, and preparation of forms and reports
Preparing draft bills and processing client account transfers for disbursements and funds under Fee Earner instruction, ensuring accurate billing and settlement

Whilst this role is based in our Ross-on-Wye office there will be the opportunity for you to occasionally support our fee earners based at our other offices.

About you

We’re extremely proud of the relationship we’ve built with our clients and referrers, being recognised as their trusted legal partner. It’s important to us that you have the right blend of skills to service their needs and develop new relationships:

Previous experience of providing a secretarial service within a legal or professional services environment
Knowledge of Land Registry and SDLT processes is strongly desirable
Excellent communication, organisational, attention to detail, and IT skills
A strong team player
Exceptional understanding of confidentiality and high levels of client service

What’s on offer

By joining Thrings you’ll become part of a supportive, inclusive firm offering a relaxed and trusting environment allowing balance between being in the office and working from home. We also offer a great working environment and plenty of social/networking events to get involved with!

In return for your hard work, you can expect to receive a variety of flexible benefits which can be tailored to your personal and family needs including Private Medical Insurance, , Life Insurance, Health Cashplan and much more.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity and you have the experience to join our team, we’d love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

No agencies please