File Support Assistant

2 weeks ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Keoghs LLP Full time

**Job Purpose**

The File Support Assistant is to assist with business-critical administrative activities ensuring they run effectively, accurately and to deadlines. This includes assistance with organising digital files, gathering MI data on legacy systems, file closuresand other legal admin tasks as required by client SLA’s and Lexcel requirements.

To be successful you should be able to resolve problematic situations efficiently and have excellent communication and organizational skills.

**Key Accountabilities**

**Duties**:

- Assist outgoing Partner with labelling and organising digital files.
- Project based activities including;
- Collating client MI from legacy systems
- Driving file closure in accordance with office processes
- Assisting the wider team with legal admin tasks such as digital file organising, payment requests, drafting pleadings and co-ordinating with third parties.

As delegated by team leader:

- Liaising with parties involved in claims including the insured, Claimant Solicitors and witnesses
- Attending conferences and Trials with Counsel and note taking
- Dealing with routine correspondence
- Dealing with general or straightforward queries
- Telephone chasing activities

Working Hours 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Primary location for this role is the Belfast Office.

**Experience, Skills and Qualifications**

**Essential Skills and Attributes**:
**Essential**
- Experience working in a litigation team
- Experience using a legal Case Management system
- Confident with good telephone and communication skills with people at all levels inside and outside the business
- Good IT skills and experience with MS Office including Word and Excel.
- Good team worker with the flexibility to do what is required to get a result and ensure client service levels are met
- Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
- Good client care skills and ability to work to client guidelines
- High level of analytical skills and experience in analysing data
- Experience in Management Information reporting and analysis

**Required Soft Skills**:

- An ability to organise and prioritise tasks using initiative
- An ability to maintain attention to detail when dealing with repetitive tasks
- Ability to work effectively within the Keoghs Shared values
- Contributes actively to an environment in which colleagues work cooperatively with each other.
- Ability to meet performance targets
- Positive, confident and enthusiastic
- Ability to prioritise work, keep to deadlines and work under pressure

**Values**

Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our five values are at the heart of everything we do;
**Keoghs values**

We listen, are down to earth and supportive

We work together towards a common goal

We’re friendly with a can do attitude

We care about our clients

We evolve



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