Contract Legal Secretary

We, TLT, are recruiting an urgent Contract Legal Secretary to join our Real Estate team. This opportunity is a 3-month contract, offered on a remote basis with potential travel to one of our TLT office locations, and will be paid a day rate via an Umbrella Company.

We are ideally looking for candidates who are able to start within 1 weeks notice.

Your Role

• Support the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks.
• Manage delivery of the admin support including the oversight of activities undertaken by the team’s Office Assistant.
• Assisting the fee earners with financial management e.g. disbursements, client balances, dealing with a range of client specific billing requirements.
• Create the monthly invoices to be issued to the clients.
• Diary management for all fee earners; arranging internal and external appointments and, making arrangements for meetings; booking meetings rooms or external venues as required.
• Confident telephone manner when dealing with clients, solicitors, barristers by phone and taking accurate messages.
• Proof reading, amending and house styling legal reports and documents.

Your Skills and Experience

• Previous Legal Secretary experienced required.
• Extensive experience in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Experience in case management systems.
• Exceptional prioritising/organisational skills.
• Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.
• Confident in delegation of work when necessary.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on

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