Housing Legal Assistant

4 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom WTB Solicitors Full time

**Legal Assistant: Housing**

**You will benefit from**:

- Competitive salary
- An excellent holiday package: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and the firm closes 1pm Christmas Eve until 2nd January
- Pension scheme
- Two days at WTB are never the same As a result, combined with our continued development and learning opportunities our paralegals expand their skillsets and knowledge.
- Panel courses mandatory for the Law Society Accreditation paid for
- Excellent sick pay package, Eye test vouchers
- Cycle scheme and childcare vouchers
- Flexible working arrangements considered
- An opportunity to commence a solicitor apprentice role.

**Other benefits**
- A small friendly team that values collaboration and teamwork
- Excellent career prospects, broad training, first class IT facilities
- Practicing certificates, DBS checks, Panel memberships / re-accreditations paid for
- Rewards for introduction of work from family / friends
- Departmental “outings” - weekend walks, pub quizzes: an excellent chance to get to know colleagues

**Your role will include**
- Liaising with clients, third parties and referrers as well as internal teams in a courteous and helpful manner
- Handling client queries & casework
- Diary management, routine office tasks - photocopying / filing
- Attending upon clients - first instructions & subsequently
- Routine none-chargeable case work
- File creation, data entry in the practice management system
- Use of the legal aid CCMS system / Gaining an understanding of the legal id framework
- File creation, data entry in the firms practice management system
- Assisting a partner with his work on the housing possession court duty scheme
- Taking instructions & drafting statements of evidence (several times per week).

This is not a complete list of the functions of this role which will develop as your experience develops

**You will have**:

- Excellent organisational skills and a self-motivated committed attitude
- An ability to communicate clearly and good telephone manner
- Use of initiative
- Effective time management and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
- A working knowledge of the areas of law or a demonstrable commitment to learning relevant law
- Previous experience in a similar role.

**Salary**: £22,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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