Law Firm Team Assistant

Law Firm Team AssistantReadingFull Time (2 days a week work from home)Salary up to £25,000Our client is a regional Law Firm who is looking to recruit a Team Assistant to join them. This may be an ideal position for someone looking to get into the field of administrative legal support or maybe you are already in a Law Firm looking for a new challenge.For this role you will ideally have some administrative experience in a commercial or professional services environment.

Duties for the Team Assistant will involve a range of administration tasks such as:

• filing, photocopying, scanning, sorting incoming and outgoing post/DX, and other document management tasks;
• managing the compliance duties and procedures required to set up new clients and files;
• assisting with document production - producing/amending, proof-reading and printing letters, contracts, court documents, forms, etc. and collating enclosures, etc.;
• taking telephone messages and liaising with clients and others on straightforward issues;
• assisting with billing and other accounting processes and file archiving;
• assisting with marketing and event administration (mailshots, invitations to events, feedback collation, etc)

You may also be asked from time to time to get involved in other activities and projects within the team/firm. There may also be opportunities for greater involvement in legal work in due course if the successful candidate has longer-term aspirations for a career in law.This role is based in Reading and would require a minimum of 3 days in the office with 2 days working from home, although initially you would be require to be office based until you were up to speed on all aspects of the role. The salary for this role is up to £25,000.