All Locations
Glasgow
Position
Family
Salary Details:
Dependant on experience
Contract Type:
Permanent
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time

About your new role

Join Weightmans' award-winning Family team in Glasgow, recognised by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. Supporting a team of experienced family lawyers, you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional client service across a broad range of family law matters, including divorce, financial settlements and child-related disputes. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a highly regarded, collaborative team within a leading national law firm.
 
Main duties & Responsibilities 
  • Support the Partners and other fee-earners with regard to client relationship management, business development and general secretarial support.
  • Updating and maintaining key dates in the relevant diaries, as well as co-ordinating events and seminars, in close cooperation with fee-earners
  • Provision of secretarial support to the fee-earners in the team.
  • Processing of dictation received from the designated fee-earners along with any work allocated by the team manager or support team manager
  • Case file management and support
  • Creation of correspondence and documentation under direction and on own initiative
  • Maintaining a high level of accuracy
  • Adherance to the service levels within the team (especially as required by client service level agreements) and ensure work is completed within these levels at all times
  • Effective liaison with the team manager and support team manager to ensure high quality of service to clients
  • Effective liaison with other support staff to manage workloads efficiently
  • Active progression of one’s own professional development with support from the team manager and support team manager
  • Dealing with confidential client matters
  • Providing assistance with billing and archiving
  • Providing support in relation to case management and IT systems
  • Compliance with relevant policies and procedures
  • Working in accordance with Weightmans’ values
 This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About You

Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a similar role and in a similar environment. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We are also looking for you to have:

  • Extensive legal secretarial experience who is pro-active and works well in a fast paced environment
  • Proficient and proven history in dealing with family and Scottish court work.
  • Has extensive background in dealing with Scottish Family law.
  • Fast, accurate typist with good audio typing skills.
  • Ability to create and amend large, complicated documents (i.e. automatic numbering, track changes etc).
  • Excellent organisation and time management skills.
  • Good teamwork skills.
If you meet our criteria and think this is a job you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and be part of a team where people truly matter.  

Weightmans is a Leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities.

Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, supported and able to reach their full potential. Our people-first culture is at the heart of everything we do, making Weightmans a place where you can develop your career and thrive.

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