Legal Support Assistant (On-Site)

Evans & Co Solicitors; Ferryhill; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Bonus Scheme

Free parking

Job summary

Evans & Co. in Ferryhill seeks a motivated, proactive legal administrator to support the expansion of services. The role is office-based, primarily at Ferryhill, with duties across legal services and improving electronic admin processes.

No law degree required; administration experience essential. Key tasks include client contact, diary management, typing, confidentiality, and working to tight deadlines in a team environment. Hours 9:00–17:00, five days a week.

Qualifications

• Face-to-face and telephone client handling experience.
• Teamwork capability.
• Experience meeting tight deadlines in a stressful environment.
• Proficiency in Office IT, especially Word & Outlook.
• Diary management experience.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Excellent audio and copy typing skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Strong training ethic and adaptable humour.

Skills

Client handling

Teamwork

Deadline management

Office IT

Diary management

Organisational skills

Typing skills

Confidentiality

Training ethic

Sense of humour

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Evans & Co. is a local law firm, with offices in Spennymoor and Ferryhill with plans to expand.

We offer a wide range of legal services to an increasingly growing client base.

Applications are sought for a highly motivated, proactive, and experienced member of the legal administration to work predominantly from our Ferryhill office.

You will take a flexible approach to working across legal services and support the improvement of the administrative processes for service through the use of electronic systems.

This position does not require a law degree, administration experience is essential.

This is a on site/Office based role

The successful candidate

• 1.Previous experience in dealing with clients/customers face to face and by telephone;


• 2. Ability to work in a team;


• 3. Experience of working to tight deadlines in a potentially stressful environment;


• 4. Competence of Office IT Systems, ideally word & outlook;


• 5. Prior experience in Office Diary Management;


• 6. Excellent Organisational & Communication Skills;


• 7. Excellent audio & copy typing skills;


• 8. An ability to keep large amounts of personal information confidential.


• 9. Strong training ethic.


• 10. Sense of humour

• 1. Prior experience in formatting and working on large complex documents;


• 2. Prior experience in dealing with confidential documents;


• 3. Preparing files for billing;


• 5. Prior experience in working in a law office;


• 6. Prior experience in general legal file management, to include making calls to clients on behalf of the fee earners.

Hours

9.00 - 17-00 for five days per week.

Holidays

Depending on experience

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

• Company pension


• Private medical insurance


• Bonus Scheme

Experience:

• Legal Support: 1 year (preferred)

Pay: £25,420.00-£29,000.00 per year

• Company pension


• Free parking


• Private medical insurance

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