Part-time Family Law Administrator – 12 months FTC
Are you looking to progress your legal career while maintaining a healthy work/life balance? This part-time role offers the chance to join a supportive, ambitious firm where your contribution is valued and your development matters.
Based in Hertford, this award-winning regional law firm has been recognised by The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The company has five offices across Hertfordshire, Essex and London, with a long-standing reputation for excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.
To support its continued success, the company is looking for people who are committed to excellence, bring a strong work ethic and want to develop their expertise.
In return, you can expect a nurturing environment, clear progression opportunities and the support you need to thrive.
The role:
We are looking for a Part-time Family Law Executive to provide cost-effective administrative and secretarial support to the Partners and other solicitors in the Family department. This is a 12 month maternity cover – Part-time 17.5 – 20 hours a week.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Provide efficient administrative and secretarial support to partners and fee earners in the Family department.
- Manage new enquiries, diary coordination, correspondence, audio dictation and general file administration.
- Assist with billing, invoices, client account matters, disbursements and cost update letters.
- Prepare and file family court documentation, bundles, exhibits and documents via the HMCTS portal.
- Support court preparation, including briefs to counsel, medical record requests and bundle updates.
- Maintain excellent client care, confidentiality, compliance and professional communication at all times.
- Build positive working relationships internally and externally and support team development and promotional activity where appropriate.
The role may also include other reasonable duties in line with the jobholder’s skills, abilities and status. Occasional travel to other offices may be required.
What we expect from you:
- You’re dedicated to providing excellent client service.
- You’re somebody who takes pride in their work and of whom we can be proud.
- You’re interested in promoting the firm’s good name both internally and externally.
- You’re a team player who will always go the extra mile.
- You have a positive attitude and always look to lift spirits, not lower them.
- You show good judgement and maturity.
- You’re risk-aware – you know what you don’t know.
- You’re a hard worker with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
What you can expect from us:
- A structured career path that provides all the information you need to develop and progress.
- A supportive and nurturing working environment with monthly one-to-ones, department meetings and a six-monthly appraisal scheme.
- Flexible and hybrid working. (Hybrid after 4 months probation)
- Firm-wide and fee-earner bonus schemes.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, rising by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
- Automatic enrolment to our contributory corporate pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Automatic enrolment to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps staff members experiencing personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and wellbeing.
- Enrolment to our Healthcare Cash Plan after the probationary period. Cover includes dependant children and may be extended to partners or spouses at the employee’s expense.
- Access to Mintago, a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing platform.
- Each office has its own designated Social and Wellbeing champion, who is there to help promote good mental and physical health with a range of initiatives including social walks, book clubs, charitable activities and out-of-hours get-togethers and events.
- Annual staff events including summer and Christmas events, quarterly office lunches and our annual online Staff Quiz!
Despite our best efforts it is not always possible to respond to every application individually due to the high volume of responses we receive on each vacancy.
Only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted for this particular role and if you have not heard from us within 7 days please assume that you have not be successful. However, we will keep your details on our database, and will contact you when other suitable positions come in.
