Legal Assistant - Property Dispute
Salary: £29,000 DOE
London
Full-time, Permanent (This role is full-time however they do offer hybrid working, 3 days in office and 2 days from home)
A progressive Top 100 law firm based in London is looking for a Legal Assistant to join their Property Disputes team, providing an efficient and effective administrative support to the team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners.
- Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audiotyping, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing/ archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management and dealing with post.
- Draft documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions.
- Undertake basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, arranging funding, liaising with the court, completing relevant forms and processing monies.
- Correspond with clients as required through telephone, email, letter and face to face.
- Deal with new enquiries for the department.
Skills, Experience and Attributes required:
- Previous experience within a Legal Assistant or Paralegal role.
- Excellent organisation capability with the ability to effectively prioritise.
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite and other relevant IT platforms.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management.
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, contact Lucy Allan for a confidential discussion.
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