Legal Administration Assistant

1 week ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Hill Dickinson LLP Full time

Term:

  • Permanent
    Department:
  • Health Litigation
    Location:
  • Liverpool
    The Firm


Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong.

With more than 950 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.


Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.


Job Role:
Legal Administration Assistant

Hours:35 hours a week (9am - 5pm)


As the winner of Working Families' 'Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020', we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.


Department:
Health Litigation, Health Business Group

Location:
Liverpool/ Warrington

Benefits


At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.


Here are some examples of what we offer:

  • 25 days' annual leave
  • Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
  • Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
  • 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
  • Flexible, agile and home working
  • BUPA
  • Permanent health insurance
  • Flexible pension scheme
  • Medicash
  • Enhanced family leave policies
  • Life assurance
  • Annual travel season ticket loan
  • Dress for your day policy
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role overview

Introduction to the role:


This role is an excellent way to gain exposure to how legal cases are handled and has previously proven a great stepping stone for progression for many of our now, qualified solicitors.


Reporting to the designated team leader, the Legal Administration Assistant will provide administrative support to the solicitors within the team, assisting in the key client, file management and compliance processes.

There may also be opportunities to spend time on secondment with a client. This secondment will be based at an NHS Trust in Warrington.


As a fundamental aspect of the role the Legal Administration Assistant will be required to adhere at all times to the data protection requirements established by the Health Business Group.


Introduction to the team:

The Health Litigation team specialises in defendant clinical negligence claims.

Our main client is the NHS and but we have other defendant clinical negligence clients, including the Medical Protection Society.


Our Health team can genuinely say it is award winning, having received major recognition over the last few years, most recently being named as Legal Services Provider of the Year by the Health Service Journal.


Key responsibilities:

  • Providing support to the Head of the Team with the coordination of data information for clients
  • File Management creating and archiving files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to
  • Records archiving and recovery of records as requested by secretarial or fee earning staff
  • Preparing case bundles and documenting against agreed protocols
  • Creating chronologies of medical records
  • Faxing, scanning, photocopying
  • Filing
  • Support and advice to all users of the service
  • Hand deliveries, when required
  • Answering the telephone
  • Some legal work on files with view to progressing to a paralegal role

Additional duties

  • Possibility of periods on secondment with a client at a future date

What we are looking for

Essential:

  • Organises own work effectively
  • Seeks and accepts feedback and guidance
  • Works flexibly to meet goals
  • Competently follows agreed processes/methods
  • Good team working skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Demonstrates understanding of client needs/expectations

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion


Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.


We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.


Disability Support

Values:
Trust - Respect - Innovation - Collaboration****Trust - Innovation - Collaboration - Respect
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