Role: Legal Secretary Location: Worcester Office
Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)
Term: Permanent
About mfg
You’ll be joining a regional law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.
The Agricultural and Rural Affairs Team
As Legal Secretary, you will work alongside Partner and Head of Division Alexandra Phillips and several other fee earning and support colleagues at our Worcester office. Our Agricultural and Rural Affairs team operates from mfg’s Ludlow and Worcester offices.
Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by…
We’re ideally looking for someone with experience in providing secretarial, preferably within a legal or professional services environment, with an ability to undertake all aspects of legal administration work.
Key Responsibilities
· File opening/closing, time recording of work undertaken, making appointments and taking fee earner instruction.
· Client care and engagement.
· File management and assisting with the progression of client matters.
· Typing, photocopying and diary management.
Requirements
· Experience of working in a legal secretary role preferred.
· Excellent communication and attention to detail skills.
· Computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Salary & Benefits
· Competitive salary
· 22 days’ holiday to start rising to 25 (plus four additional days at Christmas 2025 and statutory Bank Holidays)
· Healthcare benefit scheme
· Employee Assistance program and wellbeing services - 24/7 helpline facility
· Discounted legal fees for staff and family members
· Death in service provision
· Auto enrolment in our Company Pension
· Annual colleague event
Other reasons to join us
· We offer a rewarding career of quality work alongside a commitment to your
development. It’s a fantastic environment in which people grow!
· A supportive ‘people first’ culture, driven by wellbeing and work/life balance (it's a 35-hour week). Over 90% of our people responded in our most recent
engagement survey that it’s a great place to work and they’re proud to work here.
· Committed to inclusion and out local communities, we aim to employ a diverse section of the community whilst our work for good causes continues to flourish. Many of our people are actively involved in CSR, Sports & Social and Health & Wellbeing groups.
For more information on what it’s like to work at mfg, please visit our recruitment page or email HR@mfgsolicitors.com to arrange a confidential chat to discuss this
opportunity further.
Agencies please note – we have an agreed Agency PSL in place.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Worcester WR1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Secretarial: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person