administrative assistant Exeter, England
Job description
Administrative Assistant
Job Description:
About us
The Family Law Company by Hartnell Chanot is a firm of family law specialists. Founded in 1991 by Norman Hartnell, The Family Law Company has grown to become the largest firm of family law solicitors in the South West with offices in Exeter, Plymouth and Cornwall as well as the ability to represent clients in London and across the world.
Each year The Family Law Company handles more than 2000 family law cases, helping families across the region to resolve problems in the least stressful way. Our family law solicitors concentrate on using problem-solving approaches wherever possible, to achieve a fair solution and protect the vulnerable. We keep the needs of any children involved at the heart of our actions and advice.
About the role
We are looking for a part time administrative assistant to work between 17.5 and 21 hours over a mixture of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (or less days if they would prefer). They will work closely with our Exeter Care team who specialise in children work where there is local authority involvement. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 1 years’ office experience and will be responsible for providing an excellent first impression to our clients as well as providing administrative support including answering the telephone, saving legal documents to our in-house system as well as printing, scanning and creating bundles for court and maintaining filing systems. The ideal candidate should have excellent organisational skills, be Microsoft office and IT proficient, have an eye for detail, and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced and friendly environment.
Responsibilities:
- Organise and maintain legal documents and records.
- Save legal documents to our in-house system.
- Maintain client records by scanning documents, copying documents, entering data into electronic systems.
- Prepare bundles for court
- Schedule appointments and meetings with clients.
- Answer phones and provide general information to callers.
- Printing and scanning and filing
Please note that due to the amount of applications we will receive, we will not be in a position to respond to applications individually if you do not meet the criteria.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 17.5 - 21 per week
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Are you local to the Exeter area and willing to commute into Exeter town centre?
Experience:
- Office and administrative: 1 year (required)
Language:
- English (preferred)
Work Location: In person
