Slater and Gordon are a leading consumer law firm which provides a broad range of specialist legal and complementary services. We are undergoing a huge transformation across all areas of the business, with a focus on people and technology, and our mission is to give people easier access to our world class legal services. We are recruiting for an experienced Legal Secretary to join our successful Clinical Negligence Team in Edinburgh We're looking for a talented individual who will be working on a large number of cases and as such, we’re looking for those who can chase medical reports, review records and prepare trial bundles. It’s also vital that medical/treatment instructions are managed, along with sending instructions to Counsel, paying disbursements and drafting letters to clients. Other duties would include running retainers, assisting our Fee Earners with various tasks, reviewing CCTV and booking legal hearings. There would also be management of administrative tasks such as arranging conferences, assisting with ledgers (client balances and aged debt), file transfers and providing updates to our clients. We are looking for someone with previous legal secretarial experience, a law degree is not required Our core and voluntary Benefits: · Hybrid working – 2 days per week working in the office (must live a reasonable distance to commute to the office) · 35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – Flexible and agile working environment · 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays · Buy and sell annual leave up to 5 days · Employee Referral scheme with payments up to £2000 per referral · Group Incentive Plan (Annual Bonus Scheme) · Aviva Digicare Workplace App providing you with services including annual health checks, access to Digital GP’s, mental health consultations, 2nd medical opinions and much more · Employee Assistance Programme where you can access free webinars for stress awareness and counselling sessions · Group Income Protection which will support you with an income if you are unable to work long term, as a result of an illness or injury · Health and Wellbeing Programmes and apps including gym discounts, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions and much more · Life Assurance cover · Workplace pension · Benefits Hub providing discounts to over 700 services including cinema tickets, food and drink, travel, and high street stores · Dental Insurance · Free legal help and discounted lawyer led legal services Your Professional Development We will also support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources. Our Values Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater Gordon we go further with our values. How we work is guided by the SG Way. This means: · We do what we say we will · We don’t wait we create · We own it, we sort it · We respect and encourage each other · We make time to live