AddressWe are currently looking for a talented Legal Advisor to join our Sheffield office to provide legal advice as part of our Free Legal Advice service.
With a passion for blending your technical expertise with your outstanding communication and client care skills, you will take pride in delivering a first class service to our clients. To ensure you thrive in the role, we will provide you with structured supervision, coaching and training as well as a nurturing environment, where you can grow and shape your career.
We are open to applicants looking for both full-time or part-time work between Monday - Friday, please let us know what your circumstances are and we will do our very best to accommodate for you.
Responsibilities
- Proactively capture all relevant information and provide general legal advice on a wide range of topics e.g., Family, disputes and consumer law
- Provide Union members with advice, guidance, and support related to a range of legal issues or concerns and responding to calls, emails and messages in a professional and timely manner
- Conducting legal research
- Producing written materials such as fact sheets which can be sent to Union members, confirming the advice given
Key requirements
- Attention to detail to provide a high standard of client care to each client
- Experience in giving legal advice, both over the phone and email would be essential
- Motivation for keeping abreast of key changes in the law and have an ability to share knowledge proactively with other colleagues
- Be able to show empathy and understanding, providing a professional legal service with a personal touch
- Good working knowledge of the Microsoft package e.g., Word, Excel and Outlook
Thompsons has been fighting for the injured and mistreated for over a century, using the law to keep people safe and change lives for the better.
Leading civil rights lawyer, Harry Thompson, established Thompsons Solicitors in 1921 with a vision to use the law to provide protection for working people. Today, that vision lives on in our expert litigation teams who together form the most experienced personal injury and employment practice in the UK.
Throughout our history, we have been involved in every major fight against unfair working practices - and we are still doing it today.
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