Legal Secretarial Assistant

Alma Personnel; Stafford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Alma Personnel in the West Midlands are seeking an experienced Legal Secretarial Assistant to work from their Walsall offices within the Family Law department. You will have fast, accurate typing skills and be computer literate.

A good working knowledge of family law procedures, familiarity with online Legal Aid applications and billing procedures, and a strong client-service focus are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year experience of Family/public law matters.
• Computer literate with fast accurate typing skills.
• Excellent team player with a keen interest to providing a first class service to clients.
• High empathy when speaking with vulnerable clients facing family or care proceedings.
• Familiar with legal aid applications and billing procedures.
• Familiar with care proceedings, bundles and court proceedings.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming email for immediate Court orders from local authority and others.
• Scanning post and saving to case management system.
• Making Legal Aid applications.
• Upload of mandatory documents, updates and funding requests to the Legal Aid Agency via the Client and Case Management System.
• Diary management
• Contacting independent social workers, medical experts to confirm availability and sending out formal instruction letters.
• Creating, index and paginate electronic court bundles containing Court Orders, threshold findings and expert reports using software.
• Opening new files and performing conflict of interest checks for new cases in accordance with policies.
• Billing management

Skills

Family/public law experience

Typing speed & accuracy

Team player

Empathy with vulnerable clients

Legal Aid familiarity

Care proceedings familiarity

Job description

Alma Personnel are pleased to announce they they have been selected to recruit an experienced Legal Secretarial Assistant to be based from their Walsall offices working within the Family Law department.

You will have fast accurate typing skills, computer literate. A good working knowledge of family law procedures, familiar with online legal aid applications and billing procedures would be an advantage

Skills:-

• Have at least 1 year experience of Family/public law matters.
• Computer literate with fast accurate typing skills
• Excellent team player with a keen interest to providing a first class service to clients
• High empathy when speaking with vulnerable clients facing family or care proceedings
• Familiar with legal aid applications and billing procedures
• Familiar with care proceedings, bundles and court proceedings

Tasks and Duties:-

• Review incoming email for immediate Court orders from local authority and others
• Scanning post and saving to case management system.
• Making Legal Aid applications
• Upload of mandatory documents, updates and funding requests to the Legal Aid Agency via the Client and Case Management System Diary management
• Time Recording
• Contacting independent social workers, medical experts to confirm availability and sending out formal instruction letters.
• Creating, index and paginate electronic court bundles containing Court Orders, threshold findings and expert reports using software
• Opening new files and performing conflict of interest checks for new cases in accordance with policies
• Billing management