Legal Support Assistant

PT group; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Electric vehicle scheme

27 days annual leave

Gym membership contribution

Job summary

HCR in Cheltenham seeks a Legal Support Assistant to provide crucial business support within the Education & Charites team. This role involves managing diaries, drafting documents, and serving as the primary client contact.

The ideal candidate has strong IT skills, experience in client-facing roles, and attention to detail. Working with a supportive team entails exciting benefits including 27 days leave, a pension scheme, and a bonus structure.

Qualifications

• Proactive and dependable nature with attention to detail.
• Experience in a client-facing environment is crucial.
• Experience in legal or professional services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage fee earners' inboxes proactively.
• Draft and format letters and documents.
• First point of contact for clients.

Skills

IT competency

Client facing experience

Attention to detail

Proactive nature

Administrative experience

Education

Legal qualification (not essential)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

We are currently looking for a dependable, proactive and organised individual to fulfil a crucial role in our support staff within our Education & Charites team. The Team is truly immersed in the sector, supporting more than 400 educational establishments and advises key sector organisations on topical issues affecting schools and colleges.

Based in our bustling Cheltenham office, you will provide in-depth business support to Partners and fee earners within the team, including the Head of Office.

Responsibilities of a Legal Support Assistant include:

• Oversight of fee earners inboxes.
• Proactive diary management for allocated fee earners.
• Drafting and formatting of letters, documents, and forms.
• Assisting with the preparation of financial transactions as required.
• Being the first point of contact for clients.
• Being the first point of contact for any administrative and business support requirements for fee earners, anticipating the teams needs where possible.

About You

As a Legal Support Assistant you will have:

• Sound IT competency including Microsoft Office.
• Experience of working in a client facing environment.
• Experience within a legalor professional services environment would be preferable.
• Proactive and dependable nature, with attention to detail in all aspects of your work.
• Prior administrative experience would be advantageous.
• Legal qualificationnot essential.

About Us

Benefits of working with us as a Legal Support Assistant:

• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• Support staff bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.