Exciting opportunity for a Administrator to join a Top 150 National Law Firm.
You will be joining the Court of Protection department, working in a friendly team who are recruiting due to growth in workload.
The Role:
- Producing legal documentation as required;
- Drafting of basic deeds, documents and letters;
- Drafting financial statements;
- Engaging in legal research as appropriate;
- Undertaking basic correspondence and telephone calls on client matters;
- Appreciation of legal procedures.
- Be involved in the efficient management of client/matter files to include general filing in a timely and accurate manner, file closure, archiving, retrieval and return from storage as required including updating relevant databases
- Deal with administrative routines, and provide administrative support as required by the team; including scanning, faxing, printing, document binding/bundling, recording time and photocopying;
- Operate case management system including storing documents electronically;
- Manage incoming and outgoing telephone calls, e-mails and facsimile transmissions as required;
- Ensure the confidentiality of all the company’s and clients’ documentation and information;
- Maintenance of client relationship management data and records;
- Monitoring compliance and lexcel requirements;
- Assist with good financial management, as and when appropriate;
- Assist with reception of clients and arrangement of meetings as required;
- Deal with queries and enquiries from fee earners, team coordinators and secretaries;
- Deal with queries from clients;
- Transcription of digital dictation;
- Support the wider team and assist with work as required.
Skills & Experience:
- 1 years of experience working as a Administrator
- Have a positive approach to teamwork and an ability to develop relationships
- Have the ability to act independently to a reasonably high level, but also to work with more experienced partners and fee earners on more complex and specialised matters, as required
- Have experience of building relationships with both new and existing clients and professionals, as well as a natural ability to promote marketing and business development initiatives in a dynamic way
- Possess good communication skills in order to explain legal matters clearly to clients
- Be discrete and have the ability to respect client confidentiality
- Be able to tackle tasks in a structured manner to ensure completion to a high standard
- Demonstrate solid organisation and time management skills
- Have experience of working in a team and the ability to develop relationships with colleagues
For more information, please apply or contact Jess at AJ Chambers.