PRIVATE CLIENT LEGAL ASSISTANT
- Recruiter
- Law Staff Legal Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- South Yorkshire
- Salary
- £17000 - £22000 per annum
- Posted
- 07 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 05 May 2017
- Ref
- KT25406
- Contact
- Karl Tomkinson
- Job Title
- Legal Secretary
- Practice Area
- Private Client
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Previous experience with wills and probate required
THE FIRM
Our client, a multi-office, award-winning law firm, has a proud history of delivering a quality legal service on a local and national scale with a loyal following of business and individual clients. Over the last few years the firm has undergone a significant period of investment and growth and the private client department in particular is becoming increasingly busy. The firm is now recruiting for a legal assistant with good experience in wills and probate work to join the team. The successful candidate can expect to work in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere with great job satisfaction and the firm offers an excellent package of benefits and a competitive salary.
THE ROLE
You will be joining a busy team that deals with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious private client work. You will be assisting two fee-earners in the Sheffield office, providing a general range of administrative support but also taking on your own caseload of private client work, including drafting wills and LPAs, preparing schedules of assets and some billing work. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious legal assistant who wants to progress his or her career with this dynamic firm. For further details of this private client legal assistant role, please call Karl, quoting reference KT25406.
THE CANDIDATE
You will:-
Be an administrator, legal secretary or paralegal with previous experience in a private client team;
Have excellent IT, literacy and numeracy skills;
Possess excellent client-care skills, with an empathetic approach and a good telephone manner;
Be a great team player, resilient, flexible and enthusiastic, with a determined, ‘can-do’ approach.
PRIVATE CLIENT LEGAL ASSISTANT
THE FIRM
Our client, a multi-office, award-winning law firm, has a proud history of delivering a quality legal service on a local and national scale with a loyal following of business and individual clients. Over the last few years the firm has undergone a significant period of investment and growth and the private client department in particular is becoming increasingly busy. The firm is now recruiting for a legal assistant with good experience in wills and probate work to join the team. The successful candidate can expect to work in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere with great job satisfaction and the firm offers an excellent package of benefits and a competitive salary.
THE ROLE
You will be joining a busy team that deals with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious private client work. You will be assisting two fee-earners in the Sheffield office, providing a general range of administrative support but also taking on your own caseload of private client work, including drafting wills and LPAs, preparing schedules of assets and some billing work. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious legal assistant who wants to progress his or her career with this dynamic firm. For further details of this private client legal assistant role, please call Karl, quoting reference KT25406.
THE CANDIDATE
You will:-
Be an administrator, legal secretary or paralegal with previous experience in a private client team;
Have excellent IT, literacy and numeracy skills;
Possess excellent client-care skills, with an empathetic approach and a good telephone manner;
Be a great team player, resilient, flexible and enthusiastic, with a determined, ‘can-do’ approach.
PRIVATE CLIENT LEGAL ASSISTANT