Legal Support Assistant- Residential Dept

Legal Support Assistant- Residential Dept
Full Time, Permanent
£23,000 - £28,000 DOE
Oswestry or Telford Based
Hybrid working (2 days at home, 3 in the office)
Flexible hours

An exciting full-time opportunity to a join a recognised Chambers UK and Legal 500 firm with an established presence across Shropshire and Wales.
Our client requires a dedicated Legal Support Assistant to provide administrative support to the fee earners. The ideal candidate has law firm experience, excellent typing and organisational skills. This role is integral to ensuring our legal processes run smoothly and maintaining high client service standards.

Job Details and Benefits:

• Free cover for dependent children up to 22, Up to six counselling sessions
• Dental and optical cover, as well as 24/7 GP access
• Complimentary therapy including physiotherapy, acupuncture, etc
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance
• Discounted legal fees
• Flexible working hours (Flex+ scheme)
• Tech scheme, Discretionary bonus scheme, Referral incentive scheme
• Long service awards
• Firm wide social events
• Training contract opportunities.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Take and make client-related calls, dealing with and handling message taking as appropriate
• Manage interactions and ensure new prospects, clients, and contacts are added
• Responsible for keeping up to date with client-specific protocols and processes, implementing, providing guidance, and training to others where necessary and ongoing monitoring
• Support fee earners in business development activities, including the involvement in preparation of pitches and presentations, scheduling meetings, and drafting itineraries
• Taking detailed instructions from clients and contacts including new matters (but not providing advice) and generally assisting fee earners to progress matters, including arranging and sitting in on client meetings to take notes.

What we need from you:

• Previous experience in a legal role (Desirable)
• Demonstrable experience of diary management and admin support (essential)
• Excellent IT, client care, and communication skills
• Resilience, perseverance and positivity when meeting new challenges.

If you feel the Legal Support Assistant position may be for you or you are interested in finding out further information, please contact Alicia at Everpool Recruitment by email (url removed) or call (phone number removed). Alternatively, you can apply to this advert and someone from the legal team will be in touch.