Legal Assistant

4 days ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Sills & Betteridge Solicitors LLP Full time

**ROLE**: Legal Assistant (Matrimonial/ Finance)

**LOCATION**: Sheffield

**SALARY**: competitive
- dependant on experience

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

**BENEFITS**:

- 33 days’ inclusive of bank and other public holidays, to increase annually by 1 day to a maximum of 38 days for 5 complete years of service
- 3% employer pension contribution
- Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary on whole salary
- Continuous training and development opportunities for those seeking progression within the firm
- Generous employee sickness allowance of 6 weeks
- Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000)
- 25% discount on some legal services
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering cashback towards your healthcare bills, 24/7 video and telephone GP appointments and discounted memberships at over 3,000 gyms, studios, and health clubs across the UK
- Social committee and events

**ROLE**:
Due to our recent acquisition of Acclaimed Family Law in Sheffield we are looking to expand the team. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Legal Assistant to work for one of our Salaried Partners in the Sheffield Branch. Working on complex matrimonial/finance and children matters you will be responsible for typing the dictation on a daily basis, filing, speaking to clients in person and on the telephone, as well as completing complex ES2 forms, Form Es on instruction, bundle preparation and much more. An excellent attention to detail and accuracy is required as well as fast, accurate audio typing skills.

Experience of working in a family law department is essential.

**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, Nottingham, and Northampton providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 15 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 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. In addition, we have 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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