Legal Assistant Family

FQPS Academy Ltd.; Swindon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

FQPS Academy Ltd. in Bath or Swindon seeks a qualified legal assistant to provide high-quality support to lawyers in the Family Law department. You will help with legal research, drafting documents, and client communications, freeing lawyers to work on more technical matters.

Applicants should have experience in legal work, strong communication, and attention to detail. The role offers active team collaboration and exposure to SRA standards.

Qualifications

• Experience of legal work
• To remain calm, polite and focused when dealing with different situations
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all employees
• Experience of drafting legal documents
• Sound general administrative experience
• Great attention to detail
• Enjoy a varied workload and working at pace
• Produce high standard of work under pressure
• Ability to make sound decisions taking ownership when required
• Professional presentation
• Flexibility in approach
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages

Responsibilities

• Dealing with client matters where appropriate
• Conducting legal research and drafting legal documents when required
• Preparing files for billing
• Sorting and prioritising mail, emails and messages
• Provision of a professional & friendly service to clients with the ability to recognise when clients may be going through a difficult process
• Commitment to the LEXCEL standards and the Law Society rules

Skills

Experience of legal work

Drafting legal documents

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Administrative experience

Attention to detail

Work at pace

Decision making

Professional presentation

Flexibility

MS Office skills

Job description

Established in 1750, we are an award-winning firm having been presented in the past with the Law Society’s Excellence Award for Innovation and two awards for excellent customer service. From our offices in Devizes, Chippenham, Marlborough, Royal Wootton Bassett, Bath and Swindon, we serve clients in Wiltshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Bath, London, and throughout the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of first-class legal services for individuals, families, and businesses. Our purpose is to provide excellent client service and exceed expectations by being dynamic, inspiring, and proactive; client service is at the heart of everything we do. We have a fantastic group of people who work hard, are dedicated and demonstrate great commitment so in return for aiming towards these standards we will back you, help you to improve and support you in being the best we can.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us:

Join us and be part of a culture that values creativity, hard work, individuality, ambition, and fun! We offer competitive pay, fantastic employee benefits, and the opportunity to grow in a thriving, forward thinking environment. And yes, our legendary social outings are not to be missed! This is more than a job; it’s a chance for you to develop new skills and be part of our success. We have a fantastic group of people who work hard, are dedicated, and demonstrate great commitment so in return for aiming towards these standards, we will back you, help you to improve and support you the best we can.

Our values are the platform upon which everything is built:

Our Values:

Everything starts with you

People Matter, whether you are a client or part of our team.

Always driving forwards

We always show ambition and energy to achieve results.

Be brilliant:

We create positivity, excellence, and innovation

Every person, every time:

We are consistent and reliable and give our best every time:

Job Purpose:

To work within the Family Law department providing high quality support to enable lawyers to carry out their work and help free up time for them to work on more technical and complex matters. To engage with the team and clients to build and develop strong working relationships and contribute towards making Awdry Law an inspiring and successful place to work.

Typical Activities:

Responsibility for: -

• Dealing with client’s matters where appropriate
• Conducting legal research and drafting legal documents when required
• Preparing files for billing
• Sorting and prioritising mail, emails and messages
• Dealing with client’s matters where appropriate
• Provision of a professional & friendly service to clients with the ability to recognise when clients may be going through a difficult process.
• Commitment to the LEXCEL standards, the requirements of the Law Society and to understand them.
• Being familiar with the requirements of the Solicitors Accounts Rules which affect the receipt and payment into the bank of cheques and the accounting of client’s monies.

Support with: -

• Liaison with clients and other parties to update and ensure awareness of transaction process at the appropriate times.

ESSENTIAL AND DESIRABLE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience of legal work
• To have the ability to remain calm, polite, and focused when dealing with different situations
• To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all employees
• Experience of drafting legal documents
• Sound general administrative experience
• Great attention to detail
• To enjoy a varied workload and working at pace
• To be able to produce a high standard of work when under pressure
• The ability to make sound decisions taking ownership when required.
• To present in a professional manner
• To demonstrate flexibility in approach
• To have excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages

Location: Bath or Swindon

QWE

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