Legal Support Apprentice Port Solent

**LEGAL SUPPORT APPRENTICE PORT SOLENT**
- **An excellent opportunity to complete a level 3 Apprenticeship and start a career within the field of law**

**FUTURE PROSPECTS**

**We are looking for someone who will be reliable, trustworthy and want to learn and progress.**

**THE LAW PRACTICE**
- **Established Port Solent Legal Practice that cover the following areas of law.**:

- **Residential Property Sales**:

- **Residential Property Purchases**:

- **Re-mortgages**:

- **Transfers of Equity**:

- **Leasehold Sales and Purchases**:

- **Lease Extensions**:

- **Deeds of Trust**:

- **Boundary Disputes**:

- **Adverse Possession Claims**:

- **Voluntary Land Registrations**

**THE POSITION**

**We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who can confidently complete tasks and show excellent communication and team working skills.**

**The role is for a Legal Assistant to a busy sole practitioner solicitor specialising in residential conveyancing.**

**The role of an Administration Apprentice within a Law Practice may include but not limited to;**
- **Reception duties**:

- **Performs clerical duties, including, but not limited to, mailing and filing correspondence, placing orders, and answering calls**:

- **Interacts with clients and visitors**:

- **Sorts and distributes incoming mail**:

- **Arranges meetings by reserving rooms and managing refreshments**:

- **Types correspondence, meeting notes, and forms among other documents**:

- **Photocopies, scans, and files appropriate documents**:

- **Edits documents for accuracy**:

- **Maintains accurate records and enters data**:

- **Conducts research and compiles data**:

- **Signs for delivered packages and distributes them to the appropriate recipient**:

- **Interacts with Solicitors when necessary**:

- **Assists in setting up new client accounts**:

- **Maintains financial database records**:

- **Maintains stock of supplies by anticipating work requirements, ordering supplies, and distributing supplies where necessary**:

- **Performs additional duties when required**

**Desired skills**

4-9 grades English and maths GCSE's
- 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**

Course Content:

- Utilising IT programs and software
- Decision making
- Managing a quality service
- Project management
- Understanding the organisation and stakeholders
- Relevant regulations and policies
- Business fundamentals
- Professionalism and performance management

**You will complete the Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship Standard.**
- This Apprenticeship will involve off the job training.
- You will also develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
- You need to have an employer to support your Apprenticeship and be employed in a relevant job role.
- The typical length of this Apprenticeship course is 18 months.
- This course has multiple start dates throughout the year

**Apprenticeship information**

Business Administration | Gateway Website (gatewaytrainingconsortium.co.uk)

**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, Permanent

**Salary**: From £12,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you still currently attending School, College Or University
- Do you live within a half hour commute of Port Solent, if not how far do you live from Port Solent?
- Have you left school, college, University
- Do you hold GCSE certificates maths and English grades 4-9

Work Location: One location