Legal Support Assistant

2 weeks ago

Spalding, United Kingdom Chattertons Solicitors Full time

**Job Title: Legal Support Assistant** **Hours of Work: 8.30am - 5.15pm Monday-Friday (38.75)** **Salary: National Minimum/Living Wage** **Location: Spalding** **Summary**: We are a leading "Top 200" Law Firm and provider of wealth management services, based in Lincolnshire and across the Midlands. Established in 1856, we are considered to be one of the oldest law firms in the UK. **Benefits**: Some of the great benefits that we offer are: - Generous holiday entitlements - Staff discount on legal fees - Income protection - Life assurance at 3 x salary - Salary sacrifice pension scheme - Employee Assistance Programme **The role**: **Key Duties and Responsibilities of the Legal Support Assistant**: - Organising refreshments for meetings. - Collect, open, scan and distribute Royal Mail post. - Deliver/collect items by hand for/from other solicitors/nearby businesses. - All photocopying required by the Document Production Team/Fee Earners. - Filing and Scanning as directed by the Team Leader. - Franking outgoing mail ready for collection. - Closing files using the standard office procedure. - Provide cover on reception as directed by the Team Leader. - Carry out miscellaneous general office duties during the course of the day as reasonably requested. - Ensure all photocopiers are stocked/supplied with paper. - Check regularly and maintain stock levels of stationery and re-order as/when required. - When necessary providing cover for the Receptionist, taking client calls and greeting clients in reception. - Organising refreshments for meetings. - Project work including: developing and maintaining a data base of wills and deeds, locating, retrieving and filing from the system as required. - Typing of information from manual documents or digital dictation and voice recognition as directed by the Team Leader. - Answering calls. - Greeting clients. - Any other ad-hoc duties. **Person Specification** **Qualifications**: - **Essential**_ - 5 x GCSE Passes at grade C or above. **Knowledge**: - **Essential**_ - Knowledge of Microsoft Office. - **Desirable**_ - Previous experience within a Legal Practice or professional office environment. - Use of case management systems/databases. **Skills**: - **Essential**_ - Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. - Structured and organised. - Excellent communication skills. - **Desirable**_ - Typing speeds of at least 50 WPM. **Competencies**: - **Essential**_ - Proactive and organised. **Attributes**: - **Essential**_ - Willing to be flexible to meet the needs of the business. - Smart and presentable. Chattertons recognises that it is essential to provide equal opportunities to all persons without discrimination. The firm has an Equality and Diversity Policy and this sets out the Company's position on equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. This is available upon request. **Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent **Benefits**: - Company pension Schedule: - Monday to Friday Ability to commute/relocate: - Spalding: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred) Work Location: In person

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