Legal Secretary recruitment agency listing
A legal secretary provides administrative support to solicitors and other legal executives. Typing letters, creating legal documents, working with dictation notes, answering correspondence from clients, keeping records and attending courts or police cells with their employers are common tasks.
Here we list a number of UK recruitment agencies with particular experience in filling legal secretary positions with legal enterprises and organisations across the country.
Entry requirements
There are no set qualifications for this role, although prospective employers are likely to look for good GCSE grades in English, along with experience in office environments " such as temporary office work, known as temping.
Temping work may be easier to obtain following a course in secretarial studies, computing, typing or audio transcription.
A course specifically in legal secretarial skills may also be of help, although good general administration skills and a working knowledge of the law should suffice.
Most legal secretarial work is full time, 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, but part time and temporary work may also be available. Work is generally carried in the office environment, although some work external work may be done, delivering documents or attending police stations or courts with employers.
Salaries
Depending on location, salaries legal secretarial staff start at between £12,000 and £20,000, climbing to between £20,000 and £30,000 as experience is gained. Those with many qualifications in high profile law firms may earn up to £36,000 per year.
About Sellick Partnership
Sellick Partnership provide professional financial and legal recruitment services across a network of seven offices nationwide. We pride ourselves on our integrity, and offer an unrivalled quality of service to our candidates, having built lasting relationships with clients who return to us time and time again.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: All of the UK | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Berry Recruitment - Office and Professional division
Recruiting expert staff across the Finance, Insurance, Legal, Marketing, Secretarial, Administrative and Consulting sectors, our specialist Commercial Division at Berry Recruitment is a trusted extension of businesses throughout the UK. From SMEs to blue chip nationals, our friendly consultants are committed to delivering unbeatable customer service when supplying personnel for all permanent, temporary or contract Commercial roles.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Attic Recruitment Limited
Favoured by legal clients for our personal and bespoke solutions, Attic Recruitment specialise in placing admin personnel into London and South East legal vacancies. We take great pride in our customer service and typically recruit paralegals, secretaries and practice managers for a range of permanent and temporary positions. We hope to build lasting relationships with all of our clients by delivering quality shortlists time and time again.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: London and the South East | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About HRSS Recruitment Specialists - Permanent Recruitment
10% Intro fee for new clients. FULL REFUND if candidate leaves within 3 months. HRSS are trusted recruitment specialists with one simple aim: find the right talent with the right skills, personality and ambition for our valued clients. We deliver competitive staffing solutions to UK businesses and cover multiple key markets - including Accounting, Engineering, Human Resources, IT, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Marketing, Pharmaceutical and Sales
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: England | Contract, Part Time, Permanent | Salaries £15k - £100k+
Recruiter Tip
Whilst knowledge of basic office software such as Word and Excel is essential to a Legal Secretary, more specialised packages to become familiar with include Eclipse Proclaim, and BigHand Dictate.About Universal Staffing Solutions Ltd
Universal Staffing Solutions is a specialist recruiter in the heart of Liverpool established in April 2018. Universal strives on helping people and making a difference to others. We aim to deliver a service to support all parties. We want to put an arm around the City
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Halo Personnel Ltd
We have filled many of these vacancies and can supply client satisfaction forms highlighting our success in doing so.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK Wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k
About LinkPoint Resources Limited
With more than 20 years' experience placing legal professionals nationally and internationally, LinkPoint is a well-established consultancy specialising in legal recruitment. We work at all levels spanning private practice, commerce and the financial services industry, and our consultants have vast experience recruiting Legal Secretaries, Paralegals, Litigation Assistants and Solicitors.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK Nationwide | Contract, Permanent | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Affinity Search
Affinity Search is your local recruiter for positions such as Customer Service, Sales, Account Management, Supervisors, Managers, Production Operatives, Shop Floor staff, Marketing, Ecommerce, Administration, Reception, Finance, HR and Supply chain.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK Wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £60k
About Aspion Financial
Our dedicated Legal Accounts Recruitment Team partner with top-tier firms within the law sector to provide live positions to candidates who are seeking new positions within legal accounts. We deliver solutions on a permanent, contract or temporary basis and would love to facilitate your latest business hire or career move.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: England | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries from £17k - £100k
Recruiter Tip
Legal Secretaries are required to produce large quantities of typed works accurately and under pressure - meaning that an employer should look for candidates with a typing speed of around 70 wpm.About GO2 People
Based in Colwyn Bay, a local agency for local people. We value our candidates and clients, delivering a quality service to provide opportunities for candidates and finding the right people for clients when they need them. Mainly supporting businesses across North Wales, North West and Shropshire but we are confident with our market knowledge distance is not a problem.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: North Wales, North West and Shropshire. | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Unity Resourcing
Recruitment specialists in all office personnel from Sales and Marketing, Administration and Secretarial to Accountancy and Finance. We have extensive market knowledge built up over 15 years and provide a quality, bespoke service. We are committed to listening, understanding your requirements and working with the highest of ethics.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: Yorkshire and Humberside | Contract, Part Time, Permanent | Salaries £15k - £60k
About YourRecruit Group
YourRecruit Group have a team dedicated to their trade and are ready to help clients and candidates with their recruitment mandates. We pride ourselves in our ability to match candidates to our clients brief which in turn supports their businesses growth, along with our reputation as a successful and friendly recruitment agency. Our USP is that our consultants rarely change this means you get to speak to the same consultant time after time.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About SteerByte Group
SteerByte provides on-demand access to talent and skills in the Legal industry. We are a specialist recruiter operating Nationwide. Whether you are looking to fill a Temporary or Permanent position our professional team will be able to offer you a bespoke hiring service.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK Wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Think Specialist Recruitment - HEAD OFFICE RECRUITMENT
A Hertfordshire based Recruitment agency providing Office Support staff - PA/secretarial, administrative & customer service. We supply temporary, contract & permanent staff from entry through to Director level. As a local agency we are keen to develop long term relationships with local clients, providing a professional & cost effective solution. We are delighted to offer exclusive rates to clients registering vacancies via Agency Central.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: Herts, Beds, Bucks, Berks, London | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries from £17k - £100k+
Recruiter Tip
The Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs (ILSPA) and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) offer Legal Secretaries Diploma courses, which covers relevant laws, as well as giving participants a breadth of practical knowledge which will be useful in this role.About Stafffinders Limited
Stafffinders legal recruitment division sources a wide range of legal staff from qualified lawyers and solicitors to court administrative staff, legal cashiers, legal executive staff, legal receptionists, legal secretaries, paralegals, sheriff clerks and other legal administration staff.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: Scotland and Outlying Islands | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About HCA One Permanent Recruitment
HCA One offers recruitment services across all sectors and our consultants have a genuine interest, contacts and extensive experience working within our specialties. HCA One has a proven track record of success within recruitment, We aim to source top performing professionals so invest in resources and databases to make sure we stay ahead and have a wider reach.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: UK Wide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Badger Associates Ltd
For many years the name Badger Associates has been synonymous with identifying the finest legal people around the UK who want to live and work in East Anglia.
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: East Anglia, surrounding areas and London | Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k+
About Mango Solutions Recruitment Ltd
Multi Award Winning Independent Employment agency established in 2006 specialising in the placement of permanent, contract and temporary staff across the United Kingdom. We operate a corporate and professional practice but with the personal touch. Genuine testimonials. Mango Solutions Recruitment " The Right choice". Continued Growth year on year. Romanian and Spanish speaking recruiters also available upon request
Legal Secretary - Legal
Covers: Nationwide | Contract, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary | Salaries £15k - £100k