Legal Support Assistant

7 months ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Harrison Clark Rickerbys Legal LLP Full time

**About The Role**:
We are currently looking for a proactive, highly organised, service focussed individual to fulfil a crucial role in our support staff within our Family Team.

Based in Cambridge and reporting to the Legal Support Manager you will provide in-depth business support to the Partners and fee earners within the team.

**Responsibilities of a Legal Secretary / Legal Support Assistant include**:

- Managing the file opening process for the team
- Being the first point of contact for clients
- Being the first point of contact for any administrative and business support requirements for fee earners, anticipating the teams needs where possible
- Assisting with the preparation of all financial transactions as required.
- Drafting and formatting of letters, documents, and forms
- Preparing correspondence and documents through audio typing and word-processing
- Proactive diary management for allocated fee earners

**About You**:
**As a **Legal Secretary / Legal Support Assistant** you will have**:

- Experience within a legal environment / professional services environment is preferred
- Strong legal administration experience
- Experience in case management systems
- Experience of working in a client facing environment.
- Broad knowledge of administrative tasks in legal practices.
- Sound knowledge of IT skills in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, Zoom, etc.
- Excellent attention to detail in all aspects of your work
- Strong communication and organisation skills

**About Us**:
**Benefits of working with us**:

- 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Support staff bonus scheme
- Life Assurance 4x annual salary
- Scottish Widows Pension scheme
- 1/3 gym membership contribution
- Discount on legal fees
- Cycle to work scheme
- Online benefits portal

**Is HCR the smart move for you?**

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

**Why HCR people love their jobs**

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

**What career progression will HCR offer you?**

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

**What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?**

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

**As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outc

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