Legal Secretary/ Assistant

3 months ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Sills & Betteridge Solicitors LLP Full time

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**ROLE**: Legal Secretary / Assistant (Matrimonial/ Finance)

**LOCATION**: Sheffield (office based)

**SALARY**: dependant on experience

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

**BENEFITS**:

- 33 days’ 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**:
Due to our recent acquisition of Acclaimed Family Law, we are seeking a dedicated individual to join our professional and enthusiastic Family department on a full-time, permanent basis. As a Legal Assistant, you will be working on complex matrimonial/ finance and children matters and be responsible for typing the dictation on a daily basis, filing, speaking to clients in person and on the telephone, as well as completing complex ES2 forms, Form Es on instruction, bundle preparation and much more.

The role is fast paced and a high level of organisational skill and the ability to prioritise and work under pressure will be necessary. Experience of working in a Family law department is highly desirable.

**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, Nottingham, and Northampton providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 15 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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