Legal Assistant

2 months ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Triumph Consultants Ltd Full time

**What's involved with this role**:
**Temporary Legal Assistant**
**Reference no: Liverpool RQ860658 & RQ860632**
**Pay rate £12.13 per hour PAYE**
**This opening assignment is for 6 months** A legal assistant is required to provide support to solicitors in the conduct of care proceedings. the role will involve admin tasks and processing of court orders to obtain evidence etc Key responsibilities:

- Support the service’s legal teams with a full range of administrative tasks with mínimal supervision and assist the team when required.
- Support teams on project work when required including fact finding, research, maintaining project plans.
- Input data and produce management information from the services legal case management system for lawyers and produce standard letters and documents.
- Identify the need for support tasks and take appropriate action to provide. Such things may include but are not limited to filing and archiving, preparing court bundles, handling incoming and outgoing post, administering the sealing of documents, collection and delivery to courts and third parties, booking and meeting minutes.
- Assist Lawyers and Legal Officers with legal research and basic case work
- Meet and greet clients and invited guests when required including on occasion members of the public.
- Maintain various manual and electronic systems including corporate IT systems, spreadsheets, databases and the legal case management system. Be able to manipulate date to produce information for internal clients, service personnel and third parties.
- Undertake the sealing of deeds, contracts and other documents
- Support the Head of Business Operations Legal and Governance and the Lawyers with maintain Lexcel accreditation.
- Any other duties/tasks as required that are commensurate with the general area of responsibility and grade of the post

**“Role Requirements” - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria**:

- Educated to A level or equivalent, or qualified by experience
- Understanding of prioritising and organising a workload
- IT skills including Microsoft Office - Word, Excel. Powerpoint and Adobe. Legal case management systems
- Strong customer care skills with the ability to develop and maintain strong communication and working relationships with customers, colleagues and suppliers
- Ability to work well in a team to achieve results for the team and the service as a whole

**by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD.**
**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF**
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**If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:

- **Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.**
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

**Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable**:

- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

**Job Ref: Liverpool RQ860658 & RQ860632**

**Anticipated Length of Assignment**: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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