Family Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom National Legal Service Full time

National Legal Service is one of the UK’s fastest growing legal aid law firms specialising in Family and Care law. We are a well-respected and dynamic law firm dedicated to providing exceptional legal services to our clients and promoting a positive and supportive work environment for our employees.

**Job Role**

Your role will be to support fee earners in the office with a variety of administration duties.
- Making initial contact with client
- Obtaining instructions from the client for a Means and Merits Assessment
- Completing legal aid eligibility assessments
- Preparing Client Care Letters

**Person Specification**
- Experience of work in a Family Law department
- Experience of the CCMS system and Legal Aid
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Confident with liaising with clients and senior management
- Ability to work independently, under pressure and to deadlines
- Excellent numerical and IT skills

This is a hybrid position with 2 days in our London office and 3 days working from home.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £21,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you able to reliably commute to the London offices at least twice a week?
- Can you work full time Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm with 2 days in office?
- Do you have experience of working in a family law firm?
- Do you have experience of the CCMS or LAA portal?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person



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