Central Support Assistant

Shakespeare Martineau; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Birmingham is seeking an Administration Support professional to join their debt and asset finance team. This hybrid role offers a great opportunity for those looking to start a career in a law firm, providing valuable experience with varying responsibilities such as managing client payments and liaising with colleagues. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and the ability to maintain high standards of work under pressure.

Qualifications

• Experience with administration tasks is advantageous.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Confidence in communication is vital.
• High standard of work under pressure is required.
• Proven flexibility and initiative in previous roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide administration support to the debt and asset finance team.
• Manage client and debtor payments effectively.
• Liaise with providers to send daily batches of instructions.
• Action debt recovery posts and manage reports.
• Handle supplier invoicing and generic reporting.

Skills

Administration Experience

IT skills (Microsoft Word and Excel)

Teamwork

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility and initiative

Job description

The role :

In this role you will provide invaluable administration support to the whole debt and asset finance team. It is a varied and busy role and a great opportunity to get your foot in the door of a law firm to allow you to build the necessary skills to progress further.

Duties could include :

• Loading New Instructions (Bulk and Individual instructions)
• Managing Client & Debtor Payments
• Liaising with a bulk letter provider and sending daily batches
• Actioning certain debt recovery post
• Distribution of enforcement reports
• Supplier Invoicing
• Generic Reporting
• Certain Case Management workflows and activities

What you’ll need :

• Administration Experience advantageous.
• Experience with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel
• The ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues and others
• Good communication skills with the confidence to liaise openly and clearly with colleagues
• The ability to produce a high standard of work, sometimes under pressure, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
• To be able to demonstrate flexibility, initiative and confidence in your own ability

The hours :

Monday – Thursday 9am – 5.30pm

Friday – 9am – 5.00pm

How we work :

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leicester, London, Lincoln, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield. This role will be predominantly home based with travel as required into Birmingham or one of our other West Midlands hubs.

Find out more about us :

It’s the people at Shakespeare Martineau that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams, together we win. As a firm we are focused on proactively building and developing diverse teams, bringing different backgrounds, personalities and perspectives together.We play to our strengths, pushing ourselves to be consistently better than yesterday and deliver amazing solutions for our clients. We empower our teams with a high degree of individual responsibility; we self-manage and encourage everyone to be responsible for their own learning, knowing it makes us even better at what we do!

We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves, from whenand where you work, to how you dress; we focus on outputs.

Additional information

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found.

Equal opportunities

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.