Administration Assistant

As an Administrative Assistant, you will play a crucial role in providing efficient and comprehensive administrative support to our branch. This includes handling mail, performing data input operations, and assisting with various clerical and IT support tasks.

The role involves handling the receipt and delivery of mail, sorting and filing materials in line with the firm's standards. You will perform data input and retrieval operations using Thompsons' computer system, and assist with case opening and closing, photocopying, filing, and post folding. The position also includes organising special post office and courier deliveries, as well as making necessary deliveries to designated locations.

Messenger duties are part of the role, including taking and passing on messages in a timely manner. You'll also assist with file closure, including billing, and will obtain and return archived files from storage. Additionally, you'll be responsible for maintaining the reception and kitchen area in a tidy condition and regularly updating promotional literature displays.

Accepting deliveries and promptly notifying the relevant addressees for collection is also required.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with a proactive approach to their work. Strong communication, organisational, and administrative skills are essential, along with accuracy and attention to detail. The role also requires good computer literacy and competent keyboard skills.

• Contributory pension scheme
• 5 days additional leave over Christmas
• Permanent health insurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan (Medicash)
• Life assurance
• 23 days annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised sports and social club
• Annual travel and parking loans
• Financial assistance for professional development

For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.

Thompsons ran:

• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937
• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972
• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK and later in Europe (1993)
• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016
• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson and behalf of those injured by mesh

Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 18 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.

Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.

We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won't let up in its quest for fairness.

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Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLP.