Legal Administrator - Manchester

Legal Administrator – Manchester

Apply locations Manchester posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id JR100771

About the role
To provide effective and efficient administration support, communicating effectively with fee earners and with clients. We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce documentation and letters as directed by fee earners.
• Attend to clients by telephone and in person when required, in a professional, personable, and engaging manner.
• Maintain electronic files and filing systems in an organised and efficient manner as required.
• Assist fee earners with day-to-day administrative matters including but not limited to, opening new files, closing and archiving files, file organisation, billing procedures and making and managing appointments.
• Carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time.

Your skills and qualifications

• Well organised, able to show initiative and work well under pressure where necessary.
• Excellent communication skills and a real team player with a flexible and professional approach to work.
• A proven record of delivering a high-quality service to both fee earners and clients.
• Good IT skills, experience, and confidence with using case management systems and general Microsoft packages.
• Consistently demonstrate and embody the firm’s values.

Smart. Bold. Together. We Are Freeths.

Become part of the team at Freeths.

Do we sound like a match? If you’re someone who cares deeply, communicates openly and collaborates effectively, then we’d love to have you join our diverse, inclusive team.

About Us

We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.

1. Think Ambition: We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support.

2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. Great work is well rewarded – our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business.

3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive.

We\’re committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds.

We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency.

Recruitment Agencies

We are committed to sourcing candidates directly where possible. For particular roles, we may work with preferred suppliers who will be invited by our resourcing team to support us. We will not be responsible for fees in relation to CVs or profiles submitted directly to our partners or other employees or for any applications not submitted via our portal.

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