Legal Administration Assistant

A top tier Manchester City Centre based law firm is currently looking to recruit an Administration Assistant to support a team of fee earners. You will have previous administration experience from either a legal or professional services background. This role is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established and respected Manchester City Centre law firm.
 
You must have good attention to detail and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written at all levels.
 
Duties include:

• Undertake conflict checks across all systems and open files, acknowledging instructions to clients within SLA's.
• Collate initial information received from clients and attach case plans where appropriate, to determine which work flow is triggered (e.g. fast track/multi track/small claim)
• Chase cheques in line with SLA's.
• Archive all closed files, carrying out checks on the files to ensure all balances are nil, MI has been completed and the CRU/NHS obligations have been dealt with. 
• Liaise with Solicitors and Policyholders by telephone
• Manage new client creation – arranging for the set-up of rate models, set up in case management and billing systems and liaise with Accounts regarding rates.