Legal Assistant

7 months ago


Lincoln, United Kingdom Sills & Betteridge Solicitors LLP Full time

Job Advert

**ROLE**: Legal Assistant (Claims)

**LOCATION**: Lincoln

**SALARY**: National Minimum Wage

**HOURS**: 09:00-17:15, Monday
- Friday

**BENEFITS**:

- 33 days’ of annual leave, inclusive of bank and other public holidays
- 3% employer pension contribution on whole salary
- Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Generous employee sickness allowance
- Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000)
- 25% discount on some legal services
- Collaborative and inclusive work culture
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering access to face-to-face counselling, 24/7 telephone and video GP consultations, digital physiotherapy, discounted gym memberships and cashback towards some of your day-to-day healthcare, travel and shopping costs
- Social committee and events

**ROLE**:
Looking for a chance to kickstart your career in the legal field? Our Firm is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to join our Lincoln office on a full-time, permanent basis. As a Legal Assistant, you'll provide administrative support, prepare legal documents, maintain case files, liaise with clients and stakeholders, and assist with audio typing as needed.

If you have a passion for law and you are excited about the opportunity to grow your career in our highly valued Claims Department, we want to hear from you Don't miss out on this chance to join our team and make a difference.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- A Level in Law or a related field
- GCSE Maths and English Level 1-4 or Grade A-C
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion
- Strong IT skills with accurate typing capability

**ABOUT US**:
Here at Sills, we pride ourselves on not treating our clients or our staff as a number. Despite our size we still have a strong sense of community throughout the firm and across departments. We are one of the leading firms of solicitors in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the East Midlands providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 18 locations we require a variety of different people with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds to add value our organisation and help us provide our award-winning services to our valued clients. We fully embrace diverse characteristics, experiences, and outlooks in the workplace and in the communities in which we practice.

You will be working alongside some of the region’s best lawyers, who combine technical knowledge of the law with first class client service. The Family Department has recently won the prestigious and fiercely competitive Children Law Team of the Year national award at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards. In addition, the Legal 500 (The World’s Leading Legal Directory) ranks Sills & Betteridge LLP as a Leading Firm and recognises many of our team in tiers one, two and three
- our family team achieving the highest accolade of Top Tier Status
- with several members of the firm as Leading Individuals, Recommended Lawyers, and Next General Partners. We have also been recognised by various organisations for our commitment to creating a great place to work
- whether its our outstanding Lexcel audits, our nominations for being an outstanding training contract provider by lawcareers.net, our award for promoting access to the legal profession by CILEX or our ‘One to Watch’ standing with the Top 200 Companies, UK.


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