Legal Administrator

An opportunity to begin or continue a career in a national law firm. Working within our Debt Recovery team, providing support to the whole team by dealing with all aspects of administration for the whole team and assisting our departmental IT & cashiering teams.

**Role: Legal Administrator**
**Location: Taunton**

**Hours: Full-time**
**Term: Permanent**
**Vacancy Reference: 979-BTN**

**Who we are**:
You’ll be joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people - each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.

Our highly regarded Debt Recovery team is based only in our Taunton office, but it provides a national service for Government Departments, Local Authorities, insurance companies, managing agents, businesses and individuals. With a team of nearly 30 people, the team specialises in all aspects of debt recovery from debts paid before court proceedings are begun through to court judgments, insolvency and enforcement proceedings. We have several high volume contracts that need specific administration assistance.

We are looking to appoint someone to assist and provide support to our whole department.

**Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by**:
You will be IT literate and must be able to demonstrate intermediate Excel and Word knowledge. You need to be able to work alone, with others in the team and be able to manage your time effectively and be able to prioritise tasks. You will have strong social skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with people.

You will be eager to learn, flexible, organised and enthusiastic, enjoying the buzz of working in a high-performing team and producing great results for your clients. You will certainly be extremely organised, with excellent time management skills, a keen eye for detail and able to work under pressure.

You may have pursued some further education studies (A levels, BTEC, NVQs etc) having achieved at least 6 or more GCSE passes at grade C or above (or equivalent) including English and Maths. Preferably you will have some experience in an office environment or a role involving the use basic IT skills.

Whatever your background, you will have strong written and verbal communication skills, a good level of basic numeracy and plenty of common sense.

**This role is right for you if**:
The role will be varied as you will be tasked with covering different elements of administration and support within our department including;
- **General Team administration - in office**
- Daily scanning of incoming post and attaching to our Case Management System (CMS)
- Printing the teams correspondence
- Outbound post folding
- Carrying out ad hoc administration tasks
- Basic case progression work

***Volume processing & basic system assistance**
- Day to day running of volume processes including loading new cases & transaction reports, uploading case updates
- Tidying information provided by clients in excel spreadsheets so it can be loaded onto our CMS
- Assisting clients and third parties on our extranet including resetting accounts, creating new accounts and helping users who are having difficulties
- Assisting the departmental IT team with production of client statistics & reports

**Volume processing of cashiering tasks**
- Processing payments received in on Clarke Willmott systems
- Issuing cheques
- Assisting with general basic cashiering tasks for the team

It is a fast-paced role and you will need to juggle many priorities. You will need to be flexible to be an effective team player but you will also get support and training from your colleagues and manager in a relaxed but professional and hard-working team.

**What we can offer you**:
A career at Clarke Willmott will feel different to other law firms. We thrive on our individual differences and diversity because as a team, we are united by our shared values and mutual respect. Working with us you will feel empowered, valued and free to be yourself in a safe and supportive environment.

Our mission is to help you realise your full potential whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance. We provide a comprehensive learning and development programme and a range of wellbeing initiatives to support your career journey.

There’s no doubt we expect the best from our people and even the occasional extra mile. In return, your dedication and commitment to the continued success of the firm will be rewarded with a comprehensive range of flexible benefits.

Listen to what a few members of our team have to say about what life here at Clarke Willmott is really like, to see if it’s the right fit for you.

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