Legal Secretary - Casualty
UK Visa Sponsorship Analytics
Occupation Type
Legal secretaries
Occupation Code Skill LevelIneligible
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
Above analytics are generated algorithmically based on job titles and may not always be the same as the company's job classification. You can also check detailed occupation eligibility, and salary criteria on our UK Visa Eligible Occupations & Salary Thresholds page.
Disclaimer: Hunt UK Visa Sponsors aggregates job listings from publicly available sources, such as search engines, to assist with your job hunting. We do not claim affiliation with DAC Beachcroft. For the most up-to-date job details, please visit the official website by clicking "Apply Now."
Description
Department: CSG - Casualty (EL/PL / Complex Injury / Disease / Fraud / Motor Injury / Vehicle Hire and Damage)
Location: Birmingham
We are looking for a Legal Secretary to join our market leading CSG team that works with over 40+ insurance companies and self-insured corporates across the UK.
As a Legal Secretary, you will be supporting our wider Secretarial team and Lawyers at DAC Beachcroft with day-to-day administration support to ensure our clients get the best service possible. You’ll play a key role in supporting a large team, with a varied workload that includes document preparation, billing, finance queries, payment requests, and diary management.
If you have previous secretarial experience and thrive working in a fast-paced environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you, within a collaborative and supportive team.
This role will be based out of either our Newport office (South Wales) or Birmingham and successful applicants will be required to attend the office 5 days a week during probation.
Following successfully passing your probationary period, you will then be able to discuss a more hybrid approach with your manager, in line with business requirements.
What you will do?
- Type and proofread legal documents from digital dictation and speech recognition
- Prepare paper/electronic bundles and use of e-bundling software
- Filing, scanning, copying and archiving
- Book travel and arrange client meetings
- Access internal/external portals to upload/download documents
- Support lawyers with admin tasks and deadlines
- Liaise with the team to keep workflows on track
- Assist with billing and financial queries
- Maintain accurate client data and update systems
- Contribute to ad hoc business development and communication activities (i.e. creating branded PowerPoint presentations, contact reports, mail merges in Word etc.)
- Prior experience working as Legal Secretary, Legal Administrator, or similar is essential - ideally within the legal or professional services sector
- Hold a secretarial NVQ/Diploma or equivalent (this would be desirable, but not essential)
- Highly skilled in the Microsoft Office suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)
- Skilled in audio typing with demonstratable experience
- Good knowledge of financial/billing practices and processes
- High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/
- A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
- Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
- In person and remote social events
- Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com