Nuneaton with free onsite parking
up to £26,000 per annum
This is a very well-established law practice, who have steadily grew their office network, including two acquisitions over the past four years giving them a great regional presence and a massively increased volume of business in the area of private client/wills and probate.
Their Private Client team is spread across a number of locations, led by a senior solicitor and Director with over 20 years experience, who handles complex, high value cases and is recognised in the Legal 500 as a recommended lawyer.
What you’ll be doing:
- Providing secretarial and administrative support to the Private Client Department, supporting a number of Private Client fee earners
- Audio and copy typing of correspondence and legal documents
- Dealing with wills, powers of attorney and estate administration
- Handling of and dealing with client calls
- Seeing clients in Reception
- Making appointments for clients
- Conducting conflict checks on new clients
- Locating files ahead of appointments
- Maintaining filing systems
- Providing occasional reception cover
- Preparing accurate invoices and cost scheduling for clients on a monthly basis
Suitable candidates will have:
- Excellent keyboard skills
- Experience of using a legal case management system
- A minimum of 12 months’ legal secretarial experience, supporting a Private Client Department, dealing with wills, powers of attorney and estate administration
This is a full-time permanent jobworking 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (35 hours per week).
Benefits include:
- Annual salary reviews
- 23 days holiday (increasing to 27), plus 8 days bank holidays
- 2 days additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
- Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
- Holiday buy and sell scheme. Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year
- Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period)
- Company Pension Scheme
- Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
- BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
- Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
- Long service awards
- Career development and regular performance reviews
- Technical and personal skills training
- Community and fundraising events
- Full induction programme
- Virtual GP
- Funeral Planning and support
- Group Life Employee Assistance Programme
- Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service
Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be wholly dependent on experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge
Salary: £26000/annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Nuneaton
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