Business Support Assistant, Private Client, Bridport

Porter Dodson LLP; Bridport; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Support Assistant to join their Private Client team in Bridport. This role is essential for providing effective business and legal assistance to senior fee earners, ensuring they can focus on delivering exceptional service to clients. You will be the first point of contact for clients, manage diaries, assist with file management, and draft correspondence. The firm prides itself on its supportive culture and commitment to staff well-being, offering flexible working and various benefits. If you're proactive, organized, and have strong interpersonal skills, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow in a rewarding legal environment.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Extra Day of Holiday for your Birthday

Pension Scheme(s)

Life Assurance

Eye Tests

Flu Jabs

Legal Support

Charity Fundraising Opportunities

Sports Teams

Office Socials

Qualifications

• Proactive and enthusiastic with strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Experience in a law firm is ideal but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for clients on routine matters.
• Manage fee earner diaries and assist with appointments.
• Draft client correspondence and assist with billing.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organisational Skills

Administrative Skills

Multi-tasking

Confident Telephone Manner

Legal Assistance

Education

Experience in Law Firm Environment

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Peppermint Document Management

Job description

Business Support Assistant, Private Client, Bridport - Full-Time, Permanent

Why Porter Dodson?

Porter Dodson is an award-winning Top 200 UK Law Firm, providing commercial and private legal services to individuals and businesses across Somerset, Devon and Dorset.

We're proud of a regional presence that gives clients the local connections and friendly in-person service they love. Being embedded in our local communities and market sectors gives our clients a superb service grounded in the real world.

What makes Porter Dodson a great place to work is our people and our culture. Our team are the lifeblood of the firm, and we are fully committed to ensuring our team are motivated, well cared for, and fulfilling their potential at work. Our people are our priority, which is why we have such excellent staff retention rates and how we have sustained a gold accreditation from Investors in People since 2016.

The Role

We have a unique opportunity for a Business Support Assistant to support our Private Client team in Bridport. We are looking for someone who can provide effective business and legal assistance to senior fee earners within the team, so that they can fulfil their daily client and business responsibilities.

1. Act as a first point of contact with clients on all routine matters such as progress updates and enquiries.
2. Proactively manage and review fee earner diaries, assisting with appointments and commitments.
3. Assist the team with file and matter management.
4. Effectively draft client correspondence.
5. Assist with credit control and client billing.
6. File closure and archiving.
7. Responsible for the filing, storage, and correct naming of correspondence and documents on the Peppermint Document Management filing system.
8. Document production (to include some typing and amendments).
9. Post scanning, and scan copying and collating enclosures.
10. Be first point of contact for the central file opening team.

About You

Working closely with the fee earners in our Private Client department, this role would best suit someone who is pro-active and enthusiastic, with great interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with people at all levels. Strong organisational and administrative skills are essential, along with the ability to multi-task and a confident telephone manner. More technical requirements include excellent IT skills including the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook. Ideally you will have experience in a law firm environment providing support to fee earners, but we welcome applications from those who feel they have the right skills and can meet the role requirements.

The Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, you will also get:

• Flexible Working
• Extra Day of Holiday for your Birthday
• Pension Scheme(s)
• Life Assurance
• Eye Tests
• Flu Jabs
• Legal Support
• Opportunities to get involved with charity fundraising, sports teams and office socials

We are always happy to consider speculative approaches from candidates directly.