Family Legal Assistant

4 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom National Legal Service Full time

National Legal Service is one of the UK’s fastest growing legal aid law firms specialising in Family and Care law. We are a well-respected and dynamic law firm dedicated to providing exceptional legal services to our clients and promoting a positive and supportive work environment for our employees.

**Job Role**

Your role will be to support fee earners in the office with a variety of administration duties.
- Making initial contact with client
- Obtaining instructions from the client for a Means and Merits Assessment
- Completing legal aid eligibility assessments
- Preparing Client Care Letters

**Person Specification**
- Experience of working in ideally a Family Law department or another law firm
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Confident with liaising with clients and senior management
- Ability to work independently, under pressure and to deadlines
- Excellent numerical and IT skills
- Ability to process information using relevant software

This is a hybrid position with 2 days in our London office and 3 days working from home.

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

**Salary**: £21,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- Law degree or equivalent qualification in law? (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

**Location**:

- Birmingham, B4 6EQ (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham, B4 6EQ

Application deadline: 03/07/2022



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