Secretary

We are recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join our Financial Services Litigation team in Bristol.

This is a full time, permanent role, on a hybrid working basis.

Your Role

As a Legal Secretary your day to day remit includes:

• Extensive diary and email management
• Answering and directing telephone calls
• Coordinating schedules and arranging meetings and appointments
• Arranging travel and booking accommodation
• Providing general administrative support
• Preparing memos, letters, invoices, statements and other documents
• Liaising with clients, colleagues and other PAs
• Attending meetings and recording minutes
• Monitoring and processing expenses
• Arranging dinners and social events
• Coordinating schedules and arranging meetings and appointments
• Booking meetings rooms or external venues as required

Your Skills and Experience

• Previous Personal Assistant experience
• Excellent organisation & diary management skills
• High levels of flexibility and adaptability
• Great communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent telephone manner
• The ability to multitask and prioritise an ever-changing workload
• The ability to work under pressure and reach deadlines
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills
• The ability to work autonomously
• The ability to communicate with and present to senior management
• The ability to build relationships at all levels across the business and with external contacts
• Experience using the full Microsoft Office suite

Your Team

TLT has one of the largest dedicated Financial Services Disputes practices in the UK, with partner led teams in all jurisdictions. We act for a range of financial institutions including large UK banks, international banks, challenger banks and fintechs, giving commercial and practical advice to resolve disputes. 

We advise across the whole spectrum of contentious issues associated with commercial, business and consumer finance, including dispute resolution, pre-litigation management and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

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 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

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. 

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. 
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the 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 HR-Recruitment@TLTsolicitors.com