Pool Legal Secretary Location: Birmingham City Centre
Contract: Full-time
Salary: Competitive
We are looking for an experienced
Legal Secretary to join our friendly and fast-paced
Pool Legal Secretary team, based in our Birmingham City Centre offices.
Our Pool Team provides essential support across the firm’s three offices, ensuring fee earners have access to high-quality administrative assistance at all times. This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same, offering exposure to multiple areas of law, from
private client to corporate.
The Role As a Pool Legal Secretary, you will provide flexible support across departments, handling a wide range of tasks including:
- Typing and preparing legal correspondence, documents and forms
- Opening, maintaining and closing matter files, including accurate client data entry
- Preparing bills and financial documentation
- Managing electronic files using a case management system (Tikit)
- Providing lunch cover for Birmingham office Reception
- Supporting fee earners across different practice areas as required
This role offers variety and development — you won’t be stuck doing the same tasks day in, day out.
About the Team You’ll be joining a close-knit, collaborative team that takes pride in delivering an excellent service. The Pool Team is led by an experienced Team Leader who is committed to developing skills, knowledge, and long-term career progression.
We are also a firm that genuinely values
wellbeing, work-life balance, and an open, supportive workplace culture where everyone can be their authentic self.
What We’re Looking For- At least 2 years’ recent experience as a Legal Secretary
- Experience across a range of practice areas (contentious and non-contentious preferred)
- Excellent typing skills with high accuracy and attention to detail
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage deadlines and changing priorities
- Confident telephone manner and strong client communication skills
- Strong IT skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly
- A positive, proactive and flexible approach to work
- Experience with Tikit and/or BigHand is desirable but not essential
Interested? If you’re looking for a varied legal secretary role within a supportive team and a firm that truly invests in its people, we’d love to hear from you.
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Apply now to join our Pool Legal Secretary team in Birmingham.