Legal PA - Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment : Job Details

Junior Legal PALeeds - Hybrid£24,000 - £27,000   A fantastic, top 100 firm in Leeds, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add a Junior Legal PA to their already impressive Litigation team on a full time basis. Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Junior Legal PA will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, fee earners and partners to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal PA Duties in Leeds. This role is suitable to for someone aspiring to pursue a Legal PA career.     Duties and responsibilities of the Junior Legal PA:

• Scanning correspondence and documents
• Typing correspondence and formatting documents
• File management (e-filing and hard copy filing)
• Conflict checks
• Opening new clients and matters and creating letters of engagement
• Supporting with events – managing room bookings and catering requests
• Diary management
• Answering the telephone
• Audio typing (not essential)
• Financial hygiene
• Raising invoices
• Writing off and/or transferring time
• Closing files
• Assisting with various other tasks, as required.

Skills Required:

• At least 1 years experience in a law firm as a Legal Admin / Secretary or PA
• Ability to maintain high standards whilst carrying out day to day tasks
• Great organisational skills
• Good attention to detail and comfortable with numbers
• Good keyboard skills and knowledge of various applications, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Active listener
• Effective communicator
• Ability to work on your own / self-motivated
• Ability to engage with key stakeholders
• Friendly, positive, enthusiastic and ‘can do’ attitude
• Professional
• Discretion and integrity
• Have the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Team player

The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an aspiring Legal PA, based in or near Leeds, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to