Legal Business Support Assistant

6 months ago


Sherborne, United Kingdom Porter Dodson Full time

**Why Porter Dodson?**
Porter Dodson is an award-winning Top 200 UK Law Firm, providing commercial and private legal services to individuals and businesses across Somerset, Devon and Dorset.

We're proud of a regional presence that gives clients the local connections and friendly in-person service they love. Being embedded in our local communities and market sectors gives our clients a superb service grounded in the real world.

What makes Porter Dodson a great place to work is our people and our culture. Our team are the lifeblood of the firm, and we are fully committed to ensuring our team are motivated, well cared for, and fulfilling their potential at work. Our people are our priority, which is why we have such excellent staff retention rates and how we have sustained a gold accreditation from Investors in People since 2016.

**The Role**

We have a unique opportunity for a Business Support Assistant to support our Private Client team in Sherborne. We are looking for someone who can provide effective business and legal assistance to senior fee earners within the team, so that they can fulfil their daily client and business responsibilities.
- Act as a first point of contact with clients on all routine matters such as progress updates and enquiries.
- Proactively manage and review fee earner diaries, assisting with appointments and commitments.
- Assist the team with file and matter management.
- Effectively draft client correspondence.
- Assist with credit control and client billing.
- File closure and archiving.
- Responsible for the filing, storage, and correct naming of correspondence and documents on the Peppermint Document Management filing system
- Document production (to include some typing and amendments).
- Post scanning, and scan copying and collating enclosures.
- Be first point of contact for the central file opening team.

**About You**

**The Benefits**

In addition to a competitive salary, you will also get:

- Flexible Working
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Extra Day of Holiday for your Birthday
- Private Healthcare
- Pension Scheme(s)
- Life Assurance
- Eye Tests
- Flu Jabs
- Corporate Gym Membership Discounts
- Legal Support
- Opportunities to get involved with charity fundraising, sports teams and office socials

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

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- Referral programme

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

- What is your current notice period?
- What is your salary expectation?

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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