Legal Assistant - Bromsgrove, United Kingdom - Additional Resources Ltd

Additional Resources Ltd

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Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

6 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Legal Assistant

Location:
Bromsgrove

Salary:
£19,000 - £23,000

The Compan_y:
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Our client are a legal practice offering a wide range of both business and personal legal services provided by their experienced lawyers.

Through their multiple offices, they have lawyers who are able to work flexibly to provide the best service for a diverseclient base.

Their ethos is to offer a competitively priced personal service provided by experts in their fields.

The Role:

Our client are looking for a suitable
Legal Assistant to help provide support in the following:

Providing direct support to members of the Wills & Probate Department and working principally under the direct instruction and supervision of a Solicitor or Trainee Solicitor within the Department and achieving performance targets as set by the Practice.
To provide a client/Practice interface to show the required level of client care.
To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm's and clients' documentation and information.
To use a high degree of selfmanagement and initiative appropriate to a Legal Assistant.
To positively promote the firm and its quality of service to clients, raising the quality level wherever possible.

Duties:

To undertake the preparation of standard letters, preparation of Lasting Power of Attorney documents and other relevant documentation (after training).
To undertake the daily opening of files and dealing with ID and AML checks.
To undertake digital dictation when required.
To attend client meetings with Fee Earners, including the preparation of attendance notes thereafter.
To make appointments, arrange meetings and maintain the diary for yourself and your principal.
To prepare meeting rooms as necessary and arrange for the tidying and clearance of rooms at the conclusion of meetings and providing refreshments when asked to do so.
To make effective use of the firms' case management systems.
To attend clients both in person and on the telephone in a professional and friendly manner ensuring that quality of service levels are to the highest standards.
To ensure the confidentiality of all the firm's and clients' documentation and information.
To undertake any specific training when required to do so and overall to have a responsibility towards selfdevelopment.
To follow internal methods, systems and procedures.

Essential Skills & Requirements:

Must be proficient in typing
Intelligent to learn new things
Must enjoy working in a fast paced and busy team
Organised and able to think laterally
Excellent interpersonal skills
Tenacious and willing to learn
Adaptable and be respectful of the client's needs and priorities

Hours:

Mon-Fri: 9:00am 5.15pm and1 hour lunch
Fully office based at the Bromsgrove office

Benefits:

Offsite parking a few minutes' walk from the office
Holidays are 21 days during each year in addition to English public and bank holidays which would otherwise be a normal working day.

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Additional Resources are an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003._