We are looking to recruit a hard-working individual to join our thriving Legal Support Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a successful team and contribute to its success and the success of our Legal Departments.
At Jones Whyte, you will be surrounded by people who will help you achieve your ambitions. You will benefit from the chance to grow and enhance your skills at the heart of our Legal Support department. As we grow, we encourage our employees to grow with us and are continually improving our processes to ensure our employees are supported in all the work they do.
The role
As a Legal Assistant within our Legal Support department, you will work as part of a team that provides administrative support to all our legal departments. The team is responsible for collecting, handling and processing all the incoming mail for the firm, saving documents to relevant client files, updating diaries with court dates, filing original documentation and processing outgoing mail. There will also be some call handling when required to support the Solicitors and other fee earners.
You will be working alongside 6 other Legal Assistants who are supported by the Legal Support Team Leader. This is an excellent opportunity to learn and develop your skills with the potential in the future to move into different roles within the firm.
Candidates should be pro-active, have excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to handle a variety of different tasks.
Key responsibilities
- Processing and scanning the incoming mail
- Printing and preparing outgoing mail
- Filing
- Court diary management
- Liaising with and providing administration support for Solicitors and Case Handlers
- Working with the online case management system, keeping records up to date
- Mailbox management
- Making calls to clients/courts/other organisations
Who are you?
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high turnover environment
- Effective communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to take initiative
- A high level of attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task
- Excellent MS office skills
Desirable but not essential
- Experience working in a legal / office environment
Company benefits and perks
- Competitive Salary
- Company Pension Scheme
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Excellent Company Maternity and Paternity Benefits
- 23 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays. Including closing over Christmas & New Year.
- Holiday Loyalty Scheme: Earn an additional 5 days holiday.
- Buy and Sell up to 3 holiday days each year
- Company Staff Referral Scheme
- Wellbeing Support
- Annual Company Day Out and Quarterly team nights/days out
- Early finish on your birthday
