Administrator - File Inceptor

Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive
Posted
16 Oct 2019
Closes
13 Nov 2019
Ref
J2566
Job Title
Administration
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Administrator - File Inceptor

Leeds

Competitive

Purpose of Administrator Role:

To provide administrative legal support to the business team.

Main duties:

You will be required to provide office based legal administrative support to the team including dealing with email correspondence, filing, scanning and faxing, dealing with telephone calls (both internally and externally), incepting new instructions from various clients onto our case management system and maintaining other office systems.

Ad hoc administrative duties as directed by line manager when necessary.

Qualifications:

Essential: 

  • GCSE/O Level – English Language and Mathematics (A – C)
  • Good standard of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable:

  • Experience within a legal/insurance administrative environment (1 year)
  • Case management experience
  • Telephone call handling experience

Knowledge & Skills:

  • Knowledge and understanding of basic office procedures and terminology
  • Be able to complete routine and non-routine tasks in an office environment
  • Be able to plan and organise both familiar and new tasks
  • Be able to use a problem-solving approach to respond appropriately to a wide range of enquiries
  • Can produce and respond to detailed written and oral communication in an office setting
  • Can use standard applications to process, obtain and combine information
  • Be able to work using own initiative or with others on tasks with minimum supervision
  • Show an awareness of others’ roles, responsibilities and requirements when carrying out your work

Plexus Law is a Specialist Defendant Insurance Practice with offices in London, Manchester, Leeds, Evesham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Taunton & Chelmsford. The firm works with Insurance Companies, Corporate and Public Sector Clients and the Lloyd’s market.

Plexus Law has developed carefully tailored packages to meet specific needs stretching from a traditional relationship to the provision of bespoke in-house services.  The firm has a reputation for responding innovatively to client needs, utilising the experience of its staff, emphasising the highest quality and focusing on managing costs in all cases.

Equal Opportunities

The firm is committed to providing a non-discriminatory and harassment free working environment for all its employees. All staff are expected to have due regard for those policies when carrying out their duties.

All offers are subject to satisfactory DBS checks, credit check and professional/personal referee checks.