Contract Junior Secretary
First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
We are seeking a Junior Legal Secretary within our Investigations and Contentious Regulatory team in Manchester. This role is an initial 3-month contract, with the potential for extension, and will be paid on a competitive day rate via an Umbrella company.
The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional organisational skills, discretion, and the ability to anticipate and resolve challenges before they escalate.
Your Role
As a Junior Legal Secretary, your day-to-day remit includes:
- Supporting the team by carrying out all secretarial tasks and help, when necessary, with all administrative tasks.
- Assisting the fee earners with financial management e.g. disbursements, client balances, dealing with a range of client specific billing requirements.
- Creating the monthly invoices to be issued to the clients.
- Diary management for all fee earners; arranging internal and external appointments and, making arrangements for meetings; booking meetings rooms or external venues as required.
- Proof reading, amending and house styling legal reports and non TLT documents.
Your Skills and Experience
- Experience in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel are required.
- Experience in case management systems.
- Exceptional prioritising/organisational skills.
- Strong ability to self-manage a large workload in a busy team.
- Confident in delegation of work when necessary.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.
Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.
In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.