Legal Assistant

3 days ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom Office Angels Full time

Our client, a successful, forward thinking law firm, is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant due to company growth.

This vacancy sits within the firms mental capacity team and is a particularly rewarding role for someone who is passionate about people and would like to be part of a team smoothing the path for families facing a difficult time

If you're an experienced Legal Assistant/Secretary looking for a new rewarding role with a supportive and dedicated team who have a real passion for what they do, we'd love to hear from you

This is a rare opportunity to work for a well known, market leading business who offer a competitive salary, hybrid working and a generous benefits package, including flexible working, weekly lifestyle hour and great annual leave

**JOB TITLE**: Legal Assistant

**LOCATION**: Plymouth

**HOURS**: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**SALARY**: Up to £24, 000 (negotiable dependent on experience)

**BENEFITS**: 25 days holiday with the option to buy/sell holiday, a weekly lifestyle hour for you to use as you choose, 'family hours' to allow work flexibility around family commitments, pension scheme, some flexible working opportunities.

**THE COMPANY AND TEAM**: Our client is a highly reputable, market leading law practice with offices across the country. Despite their national presence and impressive growth, this company have maintained a supportive and friendly work culturewith open plan offices and regular social events. This firm cover a range of practice areas including Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Employment, Commercial and Conveyancing. financial, This role sits within the Mental Capacity team who support clientsand their loved ones with financial, health and welfare related issues.

**THE ROLE**:
The purpose of this role is to provide a high quality admin support service for the mental capacity team and fee earners.
- Diary management including organising travel and meetings
- Direct secretarial support for the team
- Assist fee earners with managing monthly billing procedures, cash collection and credit control processes
- Team reporting
- File management to ensure compliance with firm practices and procedures
- Producing and amending letters/documents
- Opening, closing and maintaining files including production of terms of business letters, confirmation of instruction letters, ID checks and the entering of entities and capacities on each new client/matter file
- Preparing files for court, gathering all relevant documentation and typing up of clear and concise case notes
- Filing and photocopying
- Filing and collation of medical records
- Dealing with routine client telephone enquiries and managing and taking calls on behalf of the solicitors

**WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR**:

- Previous legal secretary / legal assistant experience
- Initiative and the ability to work proactively
- Ability to interact and communicate with a range of people confidently and professionally
- Great attention to detail and organisational skills
- Ability to manage and have autonomy for own workload and prioritise tasks accordingly
- Strong IT skills
- Great telephone manner and written communication skills

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.



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