Legal Support Administrator (5668)

Irwin Mitchell LLP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A national law firm in Manchester is seeking an enthusiastic individual for a hybrid administrative role in legal administration. Responsibilities include managing case files, supporting fee earners, and ensuring efficient operations within a busy environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach. Benefits include flexible pensions, health memberships, and extensive vacation options.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous pension schemes

Paid volunteering days

Health membership benefits

Qualifications

• Eager to start a career in legal administration.
• Can manage change and meet evolving demands.
• Must work within strict service level agreements.

Responsibilities

• Handle fee earner queries via email & MS Teams.
• Maintain team files and keep databases updated.
• Open and close case files on management systems.
• Make payments of invoices and other transactions.
• Support fee earners with case preparation.
• Book fee earner travel and manage expenses.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Ability to work on own initiative

Attention to detail

Excellent verbal communication

Excellent written communication

Job description

Overview

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You\u2019ll Be Doing

If you enjoy administration work and you're keen to join a successful, friendly and high-performing team, then this is the role for you. You’ll be working closely with the team’s Associates and Partners to make sure they have the right administrative support at all times. This is a busy and fast-paced role, so you’ll need to be able to work quickly and accurately, building strong relationship with your team and our clients. There’s lots of room for progression and we’d really like to support you in your professional development.

This is a hybrid role, working out of our Manchester office.

Day to day, you\u2019ll be:

• Handling fee earner queries by email & MS Teams
• Making sure all team files are in good order and databases are kept up-to-date
• Opening & closing case files on the relevant case management systems
• Making payments of invoices, cheques, BACs payments & billing
• Supporting fee earners with the preparation of cases, e-bundles & paper bundles
• Administration of the departments digital storage platforms
• Booking fee earner travel and meetings and managing expenses
• Managing the office inbound post, printing, scanning
• Managing Radiology requests across multiple digital platforms
• Dealing with urgent support requests within a timely manner

About You

As our ideal candidate, you\u2019ll be eager to start a career in legal administration, along with:

• Enthusiasm, a can-do attitude and willingness to contribute to the team
• The ability to work on own initiative
• The ability to manage change and meet change in demands of the business
• Great accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to multi task
• The ability to work within strict service level agreements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Our Values

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

Benefits

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

We\u2019re proud of our values, and we\u2019re looking for people who share them