We are recruiting for an experienced Legal PA Team Leader to join a leading professional services firm, supporting legal secretarial teams across Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow.
This is a senior leadership role, responsible for managing and coordinating PAs, EAs and Team Assistants, ensuring a high-quality and consistent support service across the offices.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the legal secretarial teams, supporting performance, development and engagement.
- Coordinate workloads, allocations and holiday/absence cover to ensure a seamless service.
- Act as a key point of contact for team members and senior stakeholders, resolving issues and providing guidance.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, appraisals and performance management.
- Oversee billing support, ensuring accuracy and deadlines are maintained.
- Drive improvements and contribute to wider secretarial service initiatives.
- Provide hands-on support to fee earners when required.
- Regularly travel between the Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow offices.
About You
- Previous mid/senior-level legal secretarial experience with leadership or line management responsibility.
- Strong people management skills, including experience handling performance and absence matters.
- Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
- Able to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail and numeracy skills, with billing experience highly desirable.
- Confident using MS Office; experience with Elite or similar legal finance systems would be advantageous.
- Based within reasonable travelling distance of Manchester, Leeds or Glasgow and willing to travel regularly between offices.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Legal PA/Secretarial Manager or senior Legal Secretary looking to take the next step into a broader leadership role.