Senior Legal Secretary

2 weeks ago


Tunbridge Wells Kent, United Kingdom Buss Murton Law Full time
  • Full-time Family department legal secretary
  • Located in our Tunbridge Wells office
  • Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:15pm
  • Competitive salary, pensions and company benefits

Buss Murton Law is a well-established law firm providing highly experienced Solicitors to Kent and the South-East with offices in Tunbridge Wells, Cranbrook and East Grinstead. 

We work in harmony with our clients, work colleagues and business associates to create lasting relationships by delivering a high-quality service and communicating in an open and straight forward way using appropriate language. We are Lexcel Compliant.

You will be joining a small, friendly team.

Some key responsibilities include:

  • To act as a point of contact for the Family department at Tunbridge Wells
  • To provide direct secretarial and administrative support to the department to enable fee-earners to operate at optimum efficiency
  • In addition to providing support to the department, you will be required to provide support for other departments when the need arises, particularly during holidays and absence
  • To ensure you are sufficiently trained on our case management system (ALB) to be able to fully utilise the available features of the department module for family, private client and property work
  • To provide a highly professional service to work colleagues, clients and visitors
  • To communicate effectively at all levels and to have a confident, empathetic and friendly approach
  • To record time as instructed, using the senior secretary charge-out rate, but without having a financial target

Who we are looking for someone:

  • Enjoys working in a small friendly team
  • Who can demonstrate a positive attitude and a strong work ethic
  • Who commits to meeting the needs of the department 
  • Who embraces new technology and has a willingness to learn new methods, procedures and techniques

Benefits of the role:

  • Competitive rate of pay and holiday allowance. 
  • 5% of your salary employer contribution to the pension plan
  • Life Assurance cover 4 x salary
  • Employee Assistance Programme - accessible to employees, partner/spouse and dependants.
  • A Social Committee who organises regular events 

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