Litigation Assistant (Personal Injury)

Our client has grown to become one of the UK's most successful and respected law firms employing over 2500 people across a number of offices. They are currently looking to recruit a Litigation Assistant to provide high level administrative support to their Personal Injury in Bristol.

The role will include:
*Ensuring files are opened correctly and closed and archived on a regular basis.
*Managing diaries in a pro-active manner ensuring the Solicitors are prepared for all forthcoming appointments and assisting with forward planning of court hearings, meetings and client visits.
*Arranging tavel and accommodation for the Partner/Associates as required.
*Liaising with clients both face to face and on the telephone assisting with queries.
*Proactively liaising with fee earners' and Finance to ensure an effective billing process is achieved. Print off matter balance reports, ensure bills are processed, sent out to clients' and payment chased in a timely manner. This includes capturing and recording billable hours as required.
*Assisting with client activities, events and tenders.
*Dealing with correspondence, document production and general administration as required.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and will take a professional approach to all tasks. You will be working in a busy environment and will need to handle a challenging workload; therefore excellent organisational and time management skills are essential, as is the ability to work on your own initiative. In addition an excellent telephone manner and the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with a wide range of people will be crucial. Proven legal experience in a comparable position would be ideal along with knowledge and understanding of legal case management systems.

For further information, please contact Sarah Boxall at Chadwick Nott.

Chadwick Nott Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.