Job Title: Junior Legal Admin Assistant
Location: Manchester, Alderley Edge
Arrangement: Temporary 6 months to begin.
Firm Profile
gunnercooke is a Top 75 law firm recognised by over 80 industry awards. Launched in 2010, the firm has rapidly grown to over 500 lawyers across 14 global offices in the UK, US, Germany and Austria. Our breadth of expertise covers some of the most interesting and important emerging disciplines, from ESG and charity law, to blockchain and competition.
Collaboration is at the forefront of our award-winning culture and is what sets our firm apart from the rest. Gunnercooke operates as a fee share model meaning our professionals join as self-employed advisors, free to design and develop the practice they’ve always wanted. Our firm brings together the most ambitious and commercially minded people, who build and work in dynamic teams of their choosing, to best suit their clients’ needs.
Our purpose is simple; to deliver a positive impact for our clients, provide a better life for our people and to leave a better world than we found. Our charitable arm, the gunnercooke foundation, enables us to directly engage with communities on social issues and to help charitable organisations grow.
We are looking for a motivated and organised Junior Legal Administrative Assistant to join our team based in Alderley Edge.
This is an excellent opportunity for a law student seeking flexible work around their studies while gaining valuable hands-on experience in a busy private client legal practice.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support assisting with the day-to-day running of the office. Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and a professional manner are essential.
This role has been designed with flexibility in mind to accommodate student schedules. For the right candidate, there is the potential to progress into a full-time/permanent position or a paralegal role upon completion of studies or as business needs develop.
If you are eager to build your legal career in a supportive and friendly environment, we would love to hear from you.
The duties will include but are not limited to:
- Answering phone calls; directing client queries as appropriate and/or taking messages for call backs
- Electronic filing of incoming emails received by senior solicitors into relevant electronic matter files
- Manual filing of incoming post
- Scanning of original documents
- Time recording/inputting for fee earners
- Archiving of closed matters following the team closure procedures
- General administrative support to team members as required
What we are looking for:
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft programmes such as Word & Excel
- Confident to speak to people face to face
- Ability to undertake various tasks at once
- Experience within a similar role/industry would be ideal, but not essential
- Excellent team player
Salary: Dependant on experience. To be discussed/agreed.
Arrangement: Full time available during holiday periods moving to part time (2/3 days) to suit around studies.
For immediate consideration send your CV and covering letter to legalvacancies@gunnercooke.com