Legal Secretary


Company:	Search Consultancy LTD
Salary:	£30,000 to £35,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Aberdeen, AB10 1HW
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	30 Oct 2026
Closing date:	13 Nov 2026

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Summary

Legal Secretary - Residential Conveyancing

Aberdeen based | fully office-based role

Permanent | Full time hours | Monday to Friday

Salary up to £35,000 per annum + benefits (depending on experience)

Search Consultancy are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading Law firm based in Aberdeen to recruit this role on a permanent basis.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive secretarial support to fee earners within the firm's Residential Conveyancing team.

This role would ideally suit an experienced Legal Secretary (with specific Conveyancing experience).

Duties involved in this role will include:

Timely and accurate completion of varied documentation and correspondence as required in accordance with the fee earner instructions and department styles

Undertaking digital dictation and typing for the fee earners on a daily basis

Dealing with incoming calls, emails & correspondence coming into the department, flagging & escalating as appropriate

Taking & passing on messages to the appropriate person within the department

Assisting fee earners with ad hoc administration as & when required such as form filling

Liaising with the Secretarial Support Manager to help plan allocation of work across the teams & staff

Various other Secretarial & Admin duties as directed

In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:

Previous experience as a Legal Secretary or Legal Administrator preferably with exposure specifically to Residential Conveyancing - this experience is

ESSENTIAL

Excellent organisation skills & excellent attention to detail - with the ability to prioritise a very busy workload & pivot your focus when needed

First class IT and typing skills including a good level of competence with the MS Office suite and preferably some experience of using digital dictation software

First class communication skills - both written & verbal

If this is the role for you, apply now!

For informal enquiries, please contact

emily.wade@search.co.uk

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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