Legal Administration Apprentice

**Business Administration Apprenticeship Level 3**

**Compliance department - job specification for Legal Secretary/Administrative Apprentice**

A highly regarded law firm with offices based in Hertfordshire is looking for a Legal Secretary/Administrative Apprentice to join its Compliance department. Immediate start.

**Future Prospects**
- An opportunity to progress on completion of the Apprenticeship

**The Law Practice**
- Full service legal practice providing services to business clients and with a specialism in banking and finance

**Your role**

To provide administrative support to the firm’s Compliance Officer, managing documentation, files and databases relating to legal and regulatory compliance.
- Compliance Assistance - supporting the Compliance Officer in various activities such as preparing compliance reports and assisting with audits
- Organising and maintaining accurate records and databases
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of compliance activities
- Assisting with employee training on compliance
- related activities
- Assisting the Compliance Officer to ensure adherence to the legal and regulatory requirements.
- Opening new matters on our case management system (Proclaim).
- General administration including scanning, printing, and copying.
- Use of programmes such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.

**Desired skills**
- **4-9 grades English and maths GCSE's**:

- **Viable commute essential**:

- Confident with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage reception in conjunction with other administration duties
- Good attention to detail
- Good working knowledge of ICT packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Ability to demonstrate or gain a clear understanding of the firm’s in-house systems where training will be given
- Excellent presentation, organisation and timekeeping skills
- Awareness of confidentiality and safeguarding
- The ability to use own initiative, be able to work individually as well as part of a team
- Must be well-presented with a clear, pleasant telephone manner
- Good organisational skills
- Good client care skills

**Personal qualities**
- Well presented and polite
- Ability to take the initiative
- Confident at dealing with people at all levels
- Reliable and adaptable
- Willingness to take on challenges and to push oneself further
- Motivated and keen to learn new skills

**Training to be provided**
- **Business Administration Apprenticeship Level 3**

**IMPORTANT**

**Things to consider**
- Please have a CV prepared on a word document
- Vacancy is for an immediate start, please consider this if you are still in education.
- PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE EMPLOYER DIRECTLY
- The closure dates are for a guideline only and the vacancy may close prior to the dates advertised. How far do you live from the business and please detail how long it will take to travel?

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Pay: £15,000.00-£17,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- A local commute is essential to be considered for this position.

How far do you live from Elstree and how long would it take to travel?
- When did you leave education?
- The following qualifications are required for this Apprenticeship.

Do you hold English and maths GCSE grades 4-9

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 06/06/2025
Expected start date: 16/06/2025