Departmental Secretary

Taylor Walton is a well-established multi-service law firm with offices located in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, renowned for the quality of its legal advice and outstanding client service.  We provide legal advice and solutions to business owners, FTSE 350 companies, public and private sector organisations, charities and high-net worth individuals. 

We organise our legal services by expertise; Commercial Property, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Property Litigation, Employment, Residential Property, Family and Private Client. Clients may well be supported through their business and private life experiences by a number of our practice areas with many clients engaging our services for many years.

Our reputable success is attributed to the calibre of our people. In the same way that we are committed to provide exceptional quality legal services to our clients, we are committed to fostering an engaging and supportive environment in which to work and develop a rewarding career. We are very proud of our exceptionally high staff retention rate and an average length of service unrivalled within our region.

Our Property Litigation team is based in our St Albans and Luton branches and provides specialist advice in all areas of commercial and residential property disputes.  We act for property owners, landlords, tenants and developers.   

The role

We have an opporutnity to join our St Albans team as a Departmental Secretary.  The role will provide legal administrative support to several fee earners and overflow support to our Luton team of fee earners. 

Responsibilties include:

• audio transcription - correspondence, emails, legal documents including Court forms and associated documents e.g. witness statements
• collating documentation and preparing Court bundles
• keeping up-to-date client correspondence records saved digitally and maintaining hardcopy records where necessary
• handling telephone calls from clients and third parties, including other side solicitors, Court contacts and other associated parties and professionals

The role requires:

• an experienced legal secretary - experience in property litigation, commercial property and/or commercial litigation
• experience of audio transcription
• good computer literacy
• fast and accurate touch typing - min 50wpm 
• close attention to detail
• a natural sense of urgency and able to work under pressure
• a professional and courteous telephone manner

What we can offer you:

• a competitive salary
• 33 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Birthday Leave
• Group Life Assurance cover immediately on joining
• Firm pension contribution and opportunity to make contributions via salary exchange
• Cycle to Work scheme
• full induction and training programme with modern IT systems
• on-going access to in-house IT training
• an inclusive, supportive, friendly and professional working environment
• social events and internal interest/sports clubs
• employee-led active CSR programme