Housing Legal Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - WTB Solicitors
2 weeks ago
Description
Legal Assistant:
Housing
You will benefit from:
- Competitive salary
- An excellent holiday package: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and the firm closes 1pm Christmas Eve until 2nd January
- Pension scheme
- Two days at WTB are never the same As a result, combined with our continued development and learning opportunities our paralegals expand their skillsets and knowledge.
- Panel courses mandatory for the Law Society Accreditation paid for
- Excellent sick pay package, Eye test vouchers
- Cycle scheme and childcare vouchers
- Flexible working arrangements considered
- An opportunity to commence a solicitor apprentice role.
Other benefits
- A small friendly team that values collaboration and teamwork
- Excellent career prospects, broad training, first class IT facilities
- Monthly company provided "boardroom beers" (with alternatives for drivers)
- Practicing certificates, DBS checks, Panel memberships / reaccreditations paid for
- Rewards for introduction of work from family / friends
- Departmental "outings" weekend walks, pub quizzes: an excellent chance to get to know colleagues
Your role will include
- Liaising with clients, third parties and referrers as well as internal teams in a courteous and helpful manner
- Handling client queries & casework
- Diary management, routine office tasks photocopying / filing
- Attending upon clients first instructions & subsequently
- Routine nonechargeable case work
- File creation, data entry in the practice management system
- Use of the legal aid CCMS system / Gaining an understanding of the legal id framework
- File creation, data entry in the firms practice management system
- Assisting a partner with his work on the housing possession court duty scheme
- Taking instructions & drafting statements of evidence (several times per week).
You will have:
- Excellent organisational skills and a selfmotivated committed attitude
- An ability to communicate clearly and good telephone manner
- Use of initiative
- Effective time management and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
- A working knowledge of the areas of law or a demonstrable commitment to learning relevant law
- Previous experience in a similar role.
Salary:
£22,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
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