Legal Aid Administrator

7 days ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Sills & Betteridge Solicitors LLP Full time

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**ROLE**: Legal Aid Administrator

**LOCATION**: Nottingham (but may also consider other Sills & Betteridge offices)

**SALARY**: Competitive and based on level and experience

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

**BENEFITS**:

- 33 days’ of annual leave, 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**:
How does joining a dynamic costing team sound to you? If you are looking for a new challenge or to begin your career in legal costing, we are recruiting for a Legal Aid Administrator on a full-time, permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity to progress to a family legal costing role and although previous experience of legal aid would be preferable, it is not necessary as full training will be given.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- GCSE Maths and English Level 1-4 or Grade A-C
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and IT skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion

**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 and the East Midlands providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 18 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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