Family Legal Secretary

Job Role: Family Legal Secretary

Location: South Shields  

Firm: A proactive, thriving firm that has been established for 100 years.

We are delighted to be working with a very established firm, based in South Shields which is looking to appoint a Legal Secretary to join its busy Family department on a permanent, full-time basis.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure all correspondence and messages (telephone, email, and post) are dealt with appropriately and within the required deadlines.


• Ensure that all contact with clients is dealt with courteously and expeditiously promoting a professional image for the firm.


• Ensure all filing systems and other information/reference systems are maintained to the Firms standards, achieving quick and easy access/ retrieval of documentation/information.


• Opening, closing and maintaining case files as directed by the Partner / Fee Earner.


• Schedule appointments, screen telephone calls, answer questions, and provide information courteously to callers and visitors. This may involve referring calls to other members of staff in a timely manner.

If you have been a Legal Secretary for a minimum of 1 year and are looking to work within a busy and friendly Family team this is an opportunity not to be missed.

For more information, contact our team today.