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ROLE:Legal Office Assistant (Maternity Cover)
LOCATION: Skegness
SALARY: National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage
HOURS: 08:45-17:15, Monday to Friday
BENEFITS:
- Generous annual leave and employee sickness allowance
- 3% employer pension contribution on whole salary
- Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000)
- Collaborative and inclusive work culture
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering access to face-to-face counselling, 24/7 telephone and video GP consultations, digital physiotherapy, discounted gym memberships and cashback towards some of your day-to-day healthcare, travel and shopping costs
- Social committee and events
ROLE:
As a Legal Office Assistant, you will play a crucial part in ensuring the smooth operation of the branch and wider firm. The ideal candidate should have as a minimum GCSE grades C and above or Level 4-9 in Maths and English, a passion for the legal field, outstanding communication skills, and the ability to excel in a fast-paced environment. No previous experience is necessary for this role as full training will be provided.
Please note that this is a temporary role to cover maternity leave.
DUTIES:
The role will include but is not limited to:
- Providing general administrative support
- Assisting with reception duties
- Maintain the highest level of confidentiality regarding sensitive and legal matters
- Assisting with document preparation, photocopying, scanning, and document distribution
ABOUT US:
Here at Sills, we pride ourselves on not treating our clients or our staff as a number. Despite our size we still have a strong sense of community throughout the firm and across departments. We are one of the leading firms of solicitors in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Nottingham, and Northampton providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 15 locations we require a variety of different people with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds to add value our organisation and help us provide our award-winning services to our valued clients. We fully embrace diverse characteristics, experiences, and outlooks in the workplace and in the communities in which we practice.
You will be working alongside some of the region’s best lawyers, who combine technical knowledge of the law with first class client service. The Family Department has recently won the prestigious and fiercely competitive Children Law Team of the Year national award at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards. In addition, the Legal 500 (The World’s Leading Legal Directory) ranks Sills & Betteridge LLP as a Leading Firm and recognises many of our team in tiers one, two and three- our family team achieving the highest accolade of Top Tier Status- with several members of the firm as Leading Individuals, Recommended Lawyers, and Next General Partners. We have also been recognised by various organisations for our commitment to creating a great place to work- whether its our outstanding LEXCEL audits, our nominations for being an outstanding training contract provider by lawcareers.net, our award for promoting access to the legal profession by CILEX or our ‘One to Watch’ standing with the Top 200 Companies, UK.
