Job Description
We are looking for an experienced legal secretary to join our successful family law team. Our specialists deliver a complete range of family law services to individuals and families including advising upon: separation, financial provision on divorce, dissolution of civil partnerships, child contact and residence disputes including immigration, international child abduction and relocation, cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements. The team also provide all methods of dispute resolution including mediation and collaborative practice.
Your responsibilities:
· Liaising with lawyers to identify their work commitments and prioritise work accordingly
· Diary management including booking travel and internal and external meetings
· Audio and copy typing
· Producing PowerPoint presentations, organisational charts, mail merges, Excel spreadsheets
· Handling client telephone enquiries in a polite & professional manner within the agreed timescales
· Participating in ad hoc projects
· Assisting lawyers in the billing and credit control process
· General administration
Skills, knowledge and experience required:
· Experience of dealing directly with clients by telephone
· Legal Secretarial experience within a litigation environment – both Sheriff Court and Court of Session
· Legal Secretarial experience within a Family Law environment is essential
· Excellent computer skills
· Excellent administrative and organisational skills
· Excellent communication skills – ability to communicate verbally and in writing
· Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines under pressure
· Ability to use initiative
· Attention to detail
Let your ambitions and ours go hand in hand
At Harper Macleod you’ll be part of a collective effort that is never satisfied: celebrating the successes and inspiring one another to always improve. You want to deliver extraordinary results for your clients. We want to deliver extraordinary opportunities for you and encourage you to make a difference.
Harper Macleod’s culture is the sum of the actions of the people who make up our business – it’s built around taking calculated risks and pushing for innovative solutions. You know the law, but you also know that there’s much more to being a lawyer than that.
You know that doing things the right way is always the best way – the right things for clients, colleagues, and our communities. We will never compromise on this.
In 2025, we were proud to be named the best law firm in Scotland by the prestigious Chambers UK to go alongside many other accolades. A year earlier, we were named ESG Firm of the Year and the only Scottish law firm to be included in Legal 500’s Green Guide, both for the second year running.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, active colleague engagement, wellbeing, sustainability & CSR programs, and the opportunity to develop your career.
We believe the best is yet to come for Harper Macleod. If this sounds like the type of firm you’d like to be part of, maybe the best is yet to come for you?
Harper Macleod LLP is committed to promoting equal opportunities and developing a diverse workforce