Family Legal Assistant - Oxford

Chadwick Nott; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm is seeking a Family Legal Assistant in Oxford. The role involves managing administrative tasks, audio dictation, and providing support to fee earners. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, with options for remote working.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Attractive benefits package

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Some legal assistant/admin experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manage an administrative workload under guidance of fee earners.
• Undertake audio dictation typing and administrative tasks.
• Draft documents and bills under supervision.

Skills

Audio dictation typing

Administrative support

Document drafting

Basic legal processes

Job description

Family Legal Assistant - Oxford

Excellent opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join a UK Top 100 law firm.

Our client is an award-winning UK law firm with offices spread across the South of England. They are currently looking for a Legal Assistant to join their Family team in Oxford.

The role will involve managing an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners. Duties will include:

• Undertaking audio dictation typing on a daily basis (letters/emails/documents/attendance notes)
• Undertaking administrative tasks delegated via email/in person and by audio dictation
• Providing administrative support to fee earners including file-opening (including conflict checks and using referrals system), telephone management and communications, dealing with new enquiries, document production (incl. managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), electronic filing, archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management (Legal Aid), dealing with post, creating of electronic bundles, managing fee earner's diary, booking training, booking barristers
• Drafting documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions
• Undertaking basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, arranging funding, liaising with the court, completing relevant forms and processing monies, etc.

To be considered, you must have some legal assistant/admin experience.

On offer is a competitive salary and an attractive benefits package. The firm is also open to a mixture of office and remote working.

If you are interested or would like further details, please contact Bianca Gibbs at Chadwick Nott.

[e-mail] / 07769241524

*At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace. Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline.*