Legal Clerk

Legal Clerk needed in Bedford, £12.21ph PAYE – Reference:

• To act as a first point of contact for the Legal Services Teams taking telephone messages, prioritising emails, making diary appointments. Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with the Teams to enable the Teams to carry out their role to expected standards.
• To liaise with the appropriate points of contact to arrange hearings, court dates and meetings for the Legal Teams ensuring the timely distribution of accompanying papers as necessary.
• To provide an administrative support service in order to ensure that all communications are of a high standard. The post holder will work with the Legal Services case management system to produce reports, letters, memoranda, forms, notices and all other legal documentation commensurate to a busy legal department. Accuracy of the information will be vital, and the post holder will be responsible for checking the accuracy and prioritising their work.
• To provide a full administrative support to Legal Services, including scanning, non-standard letter writing, basic report completion, Court Bundling and the collation of hearing papers as required.
• To make appropriate and effective use of the IKEN case management system and develop templates as required.
• To work closely with other team members to develop competence and confidence in dealing with Legal issues and sharing good practices

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.